Oh - given the location - Montauk monster, maybe?

So I got yelled at last night by a guy... on a bike!

So I'm heading home from work around 8:30pm, and I'm on a street with no bike lane, but which is pretty quiet by NYC standards. There aren't any cars traveling in my direction, but up ahead I see two guys on bikes. They look like they are talking to one another, and riding pretty slowly, so I'm closing in on them at a decent clip. I'm not flying or anything, just moving along.

These guys are riding two abreast, with a bit of space between them, but again there isn't much traffic on this street, so whatever. I see there is enough space to just ride right by in the lefthand side of the lane (a few feet inside the double yellow line, where a car might have their driver side tires)... BUT, as soon as I get to the point where I have to move over to go around, the guy on the left decides it's a good time for him to practice his no hands riding, and he proceeds to swerve to the left almost immediately.

Now, I still have just enough time to either brake, or cross the double yellow into the oncoming traffic lane, and I do the latter because I see that no cars are coming. Still, as all of this is happening, I let our a solid "hey" to let them know I'm there (I don't have a bell, even though you are supposed to have a bell, but whatever)... So how does Mr. No Hands that just swerved directly into my path reply? He goes with a good old, "What the f--k is your problem?" I didn't feel like slowing down to explain to him what my problem was, so I just left it alone. NY isn't what it used to be...

It isn't?

In a really weird turn of events, a local news station caught wind of today being three years since the last time I drove to work, and called me up. They asked if they could interview and film me. They met me as I got off work at 6 PM tonight, and here's what aired during the 10 PM news: KSFY.COM: Sioux Falls Man Gives Up His Car For A Bike

Riding home in the snow last night (we have 8" now!) I decided to use x-walks to circumvent the traffic circle 2 blocks from home rather than ride it like I usually do. Pulled up to the 2nd x-walk, pushed the button for the signal, knocked myself off balance, could not unclip (shoe frozen to pedal?), put my arm out to block the fall, dislocated my shoulder! My shoulder popped back in while I was on the ground so I got up, crossed the street, rode the rest of the way home. Lesson: stay in the traffic circle!!! Actually, the traffic circle was gridlocked so I am sure I would have inspired road rage if I had gone through it passing the stuck cars, so there maybe was no good outcome here (other than not toppling...)

38F and misty. I wouldn't call it rainy, but it rained in the early hours and the drizzle was just hanging around. Just fine for riding really. Traffic seemed light today too, so that was nice. I just took it easy and enjoyed the time outside before sitting in the office most of the day.

33 degrees and spitting rain with a rare easterly wind, not bad overall. Rode all five days last week not sure what'll I do this week.

I took the car today. I'm still feeling a little rattled from last week's run-in with a car, and I'm waiting on some gear to come in the mail (100% reflective jacket, cycliq light/camera). I did get a new front light and moved my old one to my helmet. I also spent some time yesterday figuring out a new route to avoid my Least Favorite Road as much as possible. It'll necessitate a little riding on flat dirt, but hey, that's why I have a hybrid, right? I'm going to drive test it this afternoon and then hopefully ride Wednesday if all goes well.

After the unseasonably warm weather, it took me a while to get used to still-warm-for-February temps 20F colder. I was chilled for the first three miles, then sitting for nearly two minutes at the top of a hill got me warmed up and I ended up sweating the rest of the way in. Guess I didn't need to wash my jacket this weekend. :(

After last week's incident report, I charged the batteries for the camera on my rain bike and turned them on this morning. It made me a bit nervous for a while -- everything I do is on record! and then I settled down. If I ran a stop sign, it was because there was no traffic visible in all four directions.

I searched and searched this morning for my second waterproof sock this morning aka wasted 15 minutes on something that really ticked me off. It rained hard on my way in but my raincoat kept me dry and warm too. I was fogging up on the glasses but waterproof gloves, coat and socks made the ride doable. it was 32-33F and raining the whole way. NOT WHAT THE WEATHER APP SAID IT WOULD BE. yay its Monday and rainy

That's seriously cool! Great shout out to Target wicking shirts - they're the best!! Some weird commuting weather today. It snowed yesterday, then last night it rained and even though it was 33F this morning, snow + rain = ice. I laughed at a guy riding a fat tire bike as he was sliding all over the place. Not me - studly tires for the win!

Almost every time I chicken out and drive (the spare car, aka my car) home from work because of the weather forecast, I kick myself the next day. And then there are the days that are just miserable to be outside. Forecast for tonight is maybe a light shower, but tomorrow morning they're calling for a lot of rain. If it were spread out evenly, it would be only about 0.1" of rain during my 45 minute commute. Capt. Murphy's weather forecast goes something like, "If you drive the car, there might be a light mist in the morning. If you ride the bike, you'll have to deal with an inch of rain that's going to hit you two miles from the house."

What to do, what to do...

Call its bluff. If you don't mind dealing with the inch of rain every now and again, most of the time Murphy fails and it's no great challenge. IME.

Dude, that was awesome. Interesting that they went through the details of your attire, but pretty much ignored the details of your bike and equipment.

We filmed that, but they cut it out in the final edit. We actually shot about 15 minutes of interview.

I suppose from their perspective they were more interested in how I keep warm than the details about my bike. It was -4F when we were filming. The reporter guy complained the entire time when we were doing outside shots, even though we shot some footage downtown, then he drove in his heated car to my house while I rode home where we could shoot some more footage.

Ha, that's funny. I was actually wondering how many times they made you ride by the cameraman in order to get some of those on-the-bike shots.

i am going to drive... i mean i have a trainer set up at home i could ride that when I get home. got to take care of the body..

@pdlamb and @RidingMatthew - let's do this! Don't make us southerners look too soft now. :lol:

It was just a heavy drizzle for my commute, but no real rain on the way in. Low 40s. My clothes are quite damp, so I've hung them to hopefully air dry enough during the day.

@mgw4jc more power to ya I drove. Wearing glasses in this misting fog drives me crazy. I have a lunch meeting today and am planning to walk to it. It will probably be raining then.

I timed it sorta right, just a light shower on the way in. (Really right would be to goof off until this afternoon when the rain quits and go for a long ride!) Bare-legged since it was near 60F (range on weather apps 54-64F, who really knows?) and I didn't want to deal with soggy tights or leg warmers. I'm glad it wasn't colder. Cycling cap, once I pushed my helmet forward to keep the bill down, kept the top part of my glasses clear.

I think I'm going to come up with a work-related errand so I can take the long way home and charge my time; it's supposed to get back to seasonable 30 degrees tonight and I want to enjoy the mini-break.

37F, rain and fog - overnight rain cleared almost all the ice and snow away so back to regular tires. Smoooooth!

That is very cool @Tundra_Man!

Well, to be honest, that commute flat-out sucked.

Got up this morning and looked at my phone. It said it was 27F. I thought, "Wow! It got a lot warmer than they said it was going to get!" I was expecting 15F. I dressed accordingly for a nice, balmy 27F day.

I started heading down the road, and within a half mile I thought, "There's no possible way it's 27F." The headwind was just brutal. There was a few inches of fresh unplowed snow on the pavement. The wind was blowing it into drifts and into my face. I was moving really slow and freezing. Took me 45 minutes to ride 4 miles as 6 mph was about all I could muster, even down hills. I kept my triple in the granny ring the entire commute. Halfway to work, had you asked me why I ride my bicycle year round I wouldn't have been able to give you a good answer. If somebody had pulled up and offered me a ride I would have taken it even though it would have meant breaking my consecutive streak.

When I got to work and checked multiple weather sources they all said it was 6F with a -15F wind chill. THAT I believe.

Very cool indeed, @Tundra_Man! Little news stories like that are the best form of cycling advocacy.

I'm at home today, lying on the living room sofa with a dog on my lap while snow and sleet beat on the windows. I could have ridden to the station this morning, but I had my doubts about getting home this afternoon.

Mid-twenties F this AM. Aprx 5" of fresh snow @ 06:30. Shoveled the walk, city plow did the middle of the street. Telecommuted 07:00-09:00, as new snow came down. Still falling, pretty fast, as I left for the office. Figured I'd take a cross street over to the MUP, and if it was clear, I'd go, and if not, I'd take a bus. Unfortunately the cross-streets hadn't been plowed, so that was a very slow half-mile.The MUP had been plowed overnight, but had a few inches of fresh fall, and the usual windrows in the intersections. Slow, but passable. I passed a young lady on skis on the MUP, then encountered a couple of what appeared to be tourists on rented fatties (having a hard time of it), and one other commuter who was slower and less steady than me. Met another lady on skis on the bike elevator. No photos.

This morning wasn't too bad in the city (my 23mm tires were securely planted almost the entire way). Probably won't leave the office till about 7 or 7:30pm, but it looks like it is warming up and raining, which will hopefully just mean wet pavement, without ice or snow.

Snow day yesterday, snow day today, kids have snow day tomorrow so I will probably continue to stay home. Shoulder recovering.

PM - another 3-4 inches of fresh fall. MUP had been plowed, but had aprx 1-2 inches of fresh cover. Slightly slippery underneath. Tall windrows at every intersection. Side streets had mostly been plowed, but had patches of glare ice.

I had to leave work early yesterday which worked out well weather wise. A pretty heavy rain fall went through from about 5:15 - 5:30 when I would have been out. Instead I was home by 3:30.

Cool but clear ride in this morning. Got a little extra distance for 14.5 miles on the way in.

Heavy rain the last two days, so I just took the bus to work. Today was cold but clear so back on the bike it was: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt0utrVHec1/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=xtvkkwy38qvu

29°F with 15 mph winds, so not bad weather at all.