I rode to work all five days this week. Between the wind, and a couple of cool mornings, it’s starting to feel like fall. It was summer-like though, almost 90 degrees, as I rode home against a 25 mph south wind Monday afternoon. Tuesday morning, it was 52 degrees as I rode to work against a north wind gusting to 30 mph. It took me over an hour to pedal the 12 miles to work, and my 10.8 mph average for the ride is my slowest ever in the two years I’ve been commuting by bike. It was a nice tailwind on the ride home that afternoon.

By Thursday morning, it was 39 degrees, easily the coolest morning so far this fall. After that hot afternoon Monday, it’s been 65 to 80 degrees in the afternoon since, really nice.

2011 days ridden to work: 181
2011 commuting mileage: 4423.3

Work commute route