Tundra_Man 

I do that too. Usually I give both riders and pedestrians fair warning. However when they're riding like that, I'll wait until they veer over to one far side and then blast by them on the opposite side as fast as I can. Too many times I've called out on those kinds of riders only to have them swerve in the opposite direction from that which common sense would dictate.

Tundra_Man 

38 degrees this morning, very humid but no wind. I went for a five mile run before I hopped on the bike, which was both good and bad. Good because I need the exercise. Bad because I got very sweaty during the run and once I was riding the wind chill was quite cold.

Batteries on my rear blinky unexpectedly went dead right on the busiest part of my commute. I happened to notice it when I glanced behind me at a stop light. It was still dark out so I rode paranoid for a mile or so until I got to a less traveled side street I could take.

KCBikeCommuter

Weather Channel said it was 48F when I left, but the bike computer got down to 42F on the commute. Glad I wore the warmer gloves this morning!

bmthom.gis

Great ride in! My bike is back up and running - had a fast. Also found a different way to handle what is probably the most dangerous intersection I have to deal with. easy peasy! Won't have to ride home, the Better Half is picking me up from work and we are getting an early dinner somewhere.

arsprod 

My sentiments exactly! Nothing unusual this week and mild weather but some rides seemed like a real slog. I'm actually looking forward to next week's inbound rides without lights. Soon enough though it'll be dark both ways.

HardyWeinberg

36-38F, sunny. Nice sunrise on the dissipating fog. Wednesday night I stayed up late (for me) watching the Cubs and overslept 90 min yesterday; last night, stayed out late (for most people w/ kids), 1am, seeing a band in the Big City, woke up this morning at 4am by the furnace turning on. Should be a great day!

ps-> still shorts, short sleeve shirt, coat, fingerless gloves

timvan_78

I almost rode over a rat the other day on the way in. Not-so-little bastard ran right out of the grass and across the MUP, his long tail right in front of my approaching front wheel.

Abe_Froman

Very nice ride. Cool but not cold. Fall colors. Not a cloud in the sky. 5-10F warmer and it would have been perfect ride. Which means the ride this afternoon probably WILL be perfect.

kellichou

Aaahh! I saw a teeny mouse, foraging for food among the leaves in the gutter, who jumped back into its juniper bush home when I rode by. Seeing a rat in the wild seems a lot more . . . exciting. I've only ever seen rats around dumpsters here in Denver, not in the wild like that.

kellichou

It was beautiful this morning, about 42F, pretty chilly, but I was dressed to be warm enough. I do need to find my cycling gloves, though, and I'm considering buying bar mitts for colder temps.

I have been getting off the MUP a bit earlier, and riding surface streets to my job, because of a couple weird encounters with coyotes who don't seem afraid of people much at all.

essiemyra

The ride in this morning was nice with the temp at 32f degrees when I left the house. With the earlier sunrise I was getting a little light when I was riding not much though as I arrive at work by 6:10a. I will also now be cutting the 16 mile route home short due to the sun setting at 4:31. I know I have twenty minutes after sunset to get home before dark but I am not a fan of riding in the afternoon darkness. The morning darkness when no one is out with me is fine.

making

first ride in after dark. A bit chilly, you know, in the 60's.

mgw4jc

I felt like I was late when I saw how light it was at 6:45am. I could have worn my regular sunglasses but put on my clear ones out of habit. Kinda chilly at 43F, but still wore the shorts. Jacket and gloves were enough up top.

The little bit of a scratchy throat that started on Thursday morning has evolved into full-fledged cold. All plugged up this morning. Ugh.

KCBikeCommuter

Light winds, quite roads and 48F for the commute this morning. Pretty nice morning.

arsprod 

40F but I didn't have to use my headlight - I like that!

Scummer

0C, a little snow/rain but otherwise uneventful commute. Sucks, that this time of the year I have to ride home in the dark.

kim43235

After daylight saving time ended, the sun was already up at 7:30AM. It will be darker quickly on my way home though.

PatrickGSR94

Yeah it's always an adjustment for me. I noticed yesterday evening that it was fairly dark at 5:20, and I usually don't get home on the bike on commute days until between 5:45 and 6 PM. So I will definitely have to start switching my light to steady mid-ride coming home. And I'll have to remember to charge lights after every commute day. No more using lights a whole week between charging. But the extra light in the AM will be nice.

Abe_Froman

Nice morning. As a bonus, I think I saw Rodney Dangerfield walking on the bike path.

60ish guy, round shaped, crazy plaid pants, polo shirt, sandals, carrying a golf club down the path in 45 degree weather. He even slightly resembled Dangerfield.

kellichou

42F this morning, I too felt like I was late, seeing the light of dawn starting to appear at the eastern horizon at 5:30am! The weather was great, and it was a calm, uneventful ride--the best kind.

And lately I've been hopping off the MUP, head through surface streets, at the end of my ride. There is a steep hill with a speed bump that has been tough for me--I've almost eaten it a couple times, and so had to get off and walk the bike. Walk of shame, I call it. Until THIS morning! I was able to gear down enough, ease my wheels over the speed bump, and crank my behind up, up the hill without stopping! Woo!

And when I got to the stop sign at the top of the hill, I said good morning to a couple pedestrians, who stonily ignored me. Oh, well. I thoroughly enjoyed my ride.

Abe_Froman

I'm always riding in the light in the morning...I don't start till 9am. Evenings have been dark from the beginning of my ride well before daylights savings time ended though. I really need a better headlight for the MUP I take part of the way. Any recommendations?

tarwheel 

Just when I had gotten used to riding to work in the dark for my morning commute, the time changes. Now I'll have to get used to riding home in the dark. Nice ride this morning, despite the time change, with a tailwind much of the way. I rode my cyclocross bike and made good time. The ride home is likely to be slower, as I'll be heading into the wind and it will be dark. Temperatures were just about perfect for me, mid-40s, and are supposed to be only 10 degrees warmer this afternoon. Morning lows are supposed to reach the 30s tomorrow, our coldest yet -- but the latest I can ever remember without a freeze.

noglider 

A little less than halfway to work, my rear derailleur exploded, disabling my bike. I hobbled back home gently. For the first time in 40 years or so, I left the bike at the bike shop for repairs. I'm not enjoying all this wrenching, and I might as let them do it this time. I asked for a new derailleur and possibly a new headset.

I went to the subway so I could get to work super late. The subways stopped running. Someone was hit and killed by a train. Horrible. They halted service, and who knows how long that will last.

Well, it looks like I'm not supposed to get to work today. I'm back home again.

Darth Lefty 

Took the longer-but-faster-more-level route again and this time braved crossing the scary merge. There was enough traffic today that they were slowing going into the merge and it was all okay. Run time was about the same as the shorter route with climbs. Not near a record for the morning run, but within normal range. Especially considering how much riding I've missed this year.

I tried to make a Strava route out of it but it generated some spurious spurs that added about 0.3 miles. You can't fix this in their route creating tool. I also tried doing it by hand but it seems laser focused on putting me on a certain stretch of road that's well off the actual path and I can't figure out why.

Atvar

A little humid but nice nonetheless . I also run a couple of errands on the way home.

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