Something a little different today. I received a text message Sunday afternoon from Moose asking if he could borrow Elmo, my Toyota Tacoma, to haul some old stuff out of his garage. After talking about it on the phone, I thought it would be easiest for him to use Elmo…
Category: Commute
Cycling commutes
Alternative title: Dave’s PR Quest Today was the first Tuesday I’ve been able to stitch together a commute and Adobo Velo Tuesday night ride, and I’m really happy with the results. The route from Pedal & Pour to work and back is solid. The most difficult portion is in the…
Mid-70s for the afternoon high temperature? Low- to mid-50s at sunrise? I’ll take it, that’s for sure. It is so much easier going out the door when you know the weather is going to be drop dead gorgeous. Nearly nothing but summer gear going out the door this morning. Only…
It was a solid commute today. Legs were feeling pretty good despite Garmin telling me otherwise. I’ve mixed things up to what I had originally planned for the new semester, and I think I like the new plan. Going forward I think I’m going to do my full commute on…
I decided to try something different today. I’ve been kicking around the idea of how to ride over to the start of the Tuesday Night Adobo Velo ride. One problem is what do I do after the ride to get home? The ride wraps up late enough that riding home…
I was a little nervous about commuting today. While watching the morning news the weather kept talking about rain coming into the valley with the greatest chance of rain being in the morning. I kept watching the weather reports while I started getting ready. The radar images weren’t showing any…
I finally bit the bullet and busted out the full thermal tights this morning. Temperatures in the 30s are a little cool for summer bibs and leg warmers. I had a great ride to work. I focused on enjoying the ride and keeping the power even while staying in Z2.…
I can hear you now, “What in the world, you’re riding on a Tuesday night again?!” Well, I certainly hope so. I was riding with the Tuesday night crowd near the end of summer ’24. Once the fall semester started I had to put that behind me because I had…
Oof chilly start to the week that’s for certain. Sure the temperature down at Reid Airport was reporting 42 degrees, but weather stations closer to home were showing closer to freezing. These readings were backed up by the ice I spotted in the gutter along Chateau Clermont St as I…
I didn’t commute on Wednesday fearing high winds which never materialized. As I sat on campus Wednesday afternoon I was very disappointed to experience decent riding weather. One thing I constantly struggle with is getting motivated to get on the bike, and this struggle is worse in the winter. It…