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The I rode to work today never ending thread.

Started by Black Pearl's Captain, Thu 16, Apr 2009, 06:32:02

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Big Rig

Rode to work today, WOOHOO!!! Man it was a nice ride it...but that time change thing...it took me an extra hour to get in...

The new solo seat needs some breaking in...it is HARD!!!! and a little slick...I will work on it on the way home....

Willow

Congratulations, Big Rig!  Number 1000.

Keep riding to work, Valkyrie pilots.  It give us one more reason to go in.   :cooldude:  

Cliff

Quote from: Willow on Wed 17, Mar 2010, 12:53:11
Congratulations, Big Rig!  Number 1000.

Keep riding to work, Valkyrie pilots.  It give us one more reason to go in.   :cooldude:  


+1 for sure!!!  any excuse to ride is a good excuse!   :cooldude:
VRCC # 29680

Mikey

Rode to work today... 34 is a lot better without the peasoup fog! Got to work, a little wet, a little cold, but i'm dry now, and looking at 60 when i get done... Totally worth it!
Remember folks, street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph
VRCC# 30782

HayHauler

Rode today.  58 and a little foggy.  But I rode fairly fast on the foggy freeway from the farm.   :uglystupid2:

But the ride home is through Katy for our Houston VRCC dinner meeting!  woohoo, ride RIDE, R I D E ! ! !


Hay  8)
Jimmyt
VRCC# 28963

scoot

Rode again today. It was 28 degrees when I left the house this morning. Made getting into work not so bad. It was 61 degrees when I left work. It made a 20 minute ride into 2 hours. I just tell my wife traffic was at a stand still. Man I love it I have to take the long way home! ;D

Some like to ride Fat boys, I think I'll stay with the fat lady

Oss

rode to court in white plains then down to the bronx

it was so nice I went home early and damn if I didnt miss my exit again and end up riding some more
If you don't know where your going any road will take you there
George Harrison

When you come to the fork in the road, take it
Yogi Berra   (Don't send it to me C.O.D.)

Karen

Work & back, work & back,work & back... in the 60's today, took the liner out of my jacket & stashed the wires for the lectrics. Did a few extra miles on the way home, and that throttle hand is definitely getting frisky

Cliff

3 in a row today!!! Leaving work in Manchester, Nh before lunch to ride up to White River Junction, Vt. for an appointment.  Should be a great day for a ride!
VRCC # 29680

Bob E.

I rode in this morning...4 for 4 this week.  I'm off tomorrow and the weather is looking GREAT.  So I'm taking a little ride up to Selinsgrove, PA (about an hour north of Harrisburg...and 250+ miles from me) to see the dirt small-block modifieds run their opener.  I'm meeting  couple friends from Easton and Allentown, PA there that I used to hang out with when I lived out that way about 10 years ago.  I booked a cheap room at Motel6 in Carlisle ($35...how can you beat that??) and will head home Saturday.  Should be a nice ride.  :cooldude:


cutter

On your tombstone there is a dash between the day you were born and the day you die. Make that dash count.

Black Pearl's Captain

Quite the morning today. I've been riding the Tourer and I ran out of gas 4 miles after leaving the hosue. Darn good thing it was a slight downhill and Bert runs on 2 cylinders for about a half mile if I do "the big weave~~~~~"

I made it rolling right up to the pumps of a gas station so no foot leather was lost. I gotta keep a better eye on that small tank..

Other then that, another good day riding to the salt mine.

Raymond

Willow

Quote from: Black Pearl's Captain on Thu 18, Mar 2010, 09:10:37... and I ran out of gas 4 miles after leaving the hosue.  ... I made it rolling right up to the pumps of a gas station so no foot leather was lost.

LOL, Raymond.  It doesn't count if you don't have to push it or retrieve fuel in a can.  I'll bet it did make for a tense few moments.

I couldn't keep the visor clear this morning so I had to ride almost all the way in with it opened.  The moisture didn't seem to collect, though, on my glasses.

Brought a can of Plexus inside with me so I should be better off if it's still foggy when I go home.   :roll: 


stude31

If I felt sorry for Willow I would ride over and clean his bike for him   :2funny: :2funny:    screw that I'm going riding  :evil: 

Looks to be a good day to be "off work" and riding!!! 

Have a safe ride home Carl!

Willow

Quote from: stude31 on Thu 18, Mar 2010, 10:14:03If I felt sorry for Willow I would ride over and clean his bike for him   :2funny: :2funny:    screw that I'm going riding  :evil: 

Yeah, yeah.  We know how you are.

Enjoy your day, Joseph.

Big Rig

Too early in the year for ripping thru the vaca days...rode this morning, rode at lunch (boy that was a mistake) and now, that I am back in the office...I am watching the clock...

What a great day out there!!!!

WOO HOO....Sunday is Spring!!!

Varmintmist

Day #2 for the year, it was 38 when I pulled out this morning. Supposed to be 60+ this afternoon. Already took 1/2 a day for Fri  :cooldude:
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
Churchill

Black Pearl's Captain

Quote from: Varmintmist on Thu 18, Mar 2010, 13:03:53
Day #2 for the year, it was 38 when I pulled out this morning. Supposed to be 60+ this afternoon. Already took 1/2 a day for Fri  :cooldude:

It was warmer "up there" then down here in Kansas, 32 this morning here. Enjoy the spring, it's here (until tomorrow, snow forecast for here).

Raymond

Karen


Oss

 :'(

rode to work, it was a great ride but got a call at 1pm from Bonnie that I had to rush home get in the car and ride to Oneonta to pick up my daughter Stacy
She hasnt been able to hold down food for a week now and we made a GI appointment for her for tomorrow here at home  Damn insurance with their pre approval and other BS  she couldnt get seen at school for another month and that is not acceptable for my child or anyones child

6 hours round trip and now she is home resting and I am calming down

Gonna ride tomorrow its good for my nerves
If you don't know where your going any road will take you there
George Harrison

When you come to the fork in the road, take it
Yogi Berra   (Don't send it to me C.O.D.)

HayHauler

Ya, good for the nerves... 

I rode 2-up to and from work today!  The wife and I rode to the dinner meeting of the Houston VRCC and she rode to and from work with me today.  I guess it helps that we work at the same place.  But we don't car/bike pool very often due to me being in IT..  :)

Good to hear that your daughter is home and you can relax now.

Hay  8)
Jimmyt
VRCC# 28963

cutter

OK, OK... I'll admit, I did drive the truck & trailer wednesday  :roll: but it wasn't to work! Daughter's day to compete at the Houston Livestock Show and she did a great job. It was good to enjoy the day with her.  :cooldude:  Since they took my oversized parking spot away  :-\ due to lack of use... I'll continue to do my part in helping with "green space" by riding in and taking up less parking space  :2funny:
On your tombstone there is a dash between the day you were born and the day you die. Make that dash count.

JP in SC

Rode into work today in the low 40's. Thought I would freeze before arriving but it was worth it for an afternoon of 70 degree riding afterwards. Met another VRCC member and talked Valkyries with him for a while, then picked up my better half for some two-up riding.
Today was a good day. :)
John

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Black Pearl's Captain

Welcome to the board JP. Glad you got to ride but 40 is no where near freezing my friend! You southerners, always bragging...

Keep up the posts.

Raymond

BudMan

Had a great ride to and from work today.  Kind of windy, but 70 degrees on the way home.
Tomorrow is forcast for snow between 6 and 14 inches!  I have the Valk back in the chock and the tractor (such as it is)  :D ready with the blade installed. 

The weather has been really goofy around here.  This picture was made about 48 hours after another really nice ride to work day!  ???
Buddy
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Hoser

Quote from: stude31 on Thu 18, Mar 2010, 10:14:03
If I felt sorry for Willow I would ride over and clean his bike for him   :2funny: :2funny:    screw that I'm going riding  :evil:  

Looks to be a good day to be "off work" and riding!!!  

Have a safe ride home Carl!
Where didja go stude?  coulda took a spin to Pleasant Hill Mo with me if we'd hooked up.  The old guys occasionally let a young guy have lunch!  ;D Hoser
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Willow

I rode Mama's bike in today, but I had some second thoughts along the way.  There was refrozen runoff in several spots, and the bridge over the Kansas River appeared to have a thin coating of ice on it.

We arrived, though, without incident and it should be a fine ride home.  The sun is shining and we're headed for sixty degrees.

Isn't Spring wonderful?

Mikey

Rode the bike back from lunch... still a little chilly, but it seems if i keep riding every day, the snow misses us!  :cooldude:
Remember folks, street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph
VRCC# 30782

Black Pearl's Captain

I had the same type of ride this morning myself Willow. The cages were dropping water that had melted on every corner and it was froze back up. It made for a fun ride but no problems. The 67 degrees on the ride home was the reason I rode in the sub prime conditions this morning.

Raymond

Big IV

After yesterday's rain today was a bit cool and it never really warmed up the way that I thought it should but not a bad day to ride to work and not a bad day to be at work . Love the Spring.
"Ride Free Citizen!"
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Karen

40's & drizzle on the way home, but better than driving...

Black Pearl's Captain

I made it, first time today I've rode to work this week today.  :D

Raymond

cutter

 in before the sun came up.... and all is well!   :) 70 something for the ride north.....
On your tombstone there is a dash between the day you were born and the day you die. Make that dash count.

Willow

Quote from: Black Pearl's Captain on Tue 23, Mar 2010, 07:05:29I made it, first time today I've rode to work this week today.  :D

Similarly this is the first Tuesday this week that I've ridden in today.

Temperatures were some six degrees warmer than the first Monday that I rode to work this week.  Good ride.  Still a lot of moisture on the road, much of which found its way onto the bike and her rider.

Serk

First time I've ridden to work in 2 weeks today... Oh yeah, first time I actually came into the office in 2 weeks too...  :cooldude:

First ride on a freeway (Er, tollway) on my new Darkside tire. First time over 100MPH on a Darkside tour...

Lotta nice firsts today! Nice ride this morning, looking forward to the ride home this afternoon, 'sposed to be upper 70's for that one...
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Big IV

This morning was an unexpected 30 degrees. Cool. Crisp. Feels like rain still. I was spoiled by the 70 degrees of spring the other day. brrr. Oh well. It is going to be 60 next time I hop on the bike to head to the next location this afternoon. So from lunch on should be nice.
"Ride Free Citizen!"
VRCCDS0176

fudgie

Quote from: Willow on Mon 22, Mar 2010, 14:59:37
I rode Mama's bike in today, but I had some second thoughts along the way.  There was refrozen runoff in several spots, and the bridge over the Kansas River appeared to have a thin coating of ice on it.

We arrived, though, without incident and it should be a fine ride home.  The sun is shining and we're headed for sixty degrees.

Isn't Spring wonderful?


Although you were having second thoughts about riding, at least you smart enough not to ride your own bike! Still having to tell her you slid her bike in a corner would be a hard thing to do.  :crazy2:


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And we welcome all you sheep...

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Willow

Quote from: fudgie on Tue 23, Mar 2010, 10:31:05Although you were having second thoughts about riding, at least you smart enough not to ride your own bike! Still having to tell her you slid her bike in a corner would be a hard thing to do.  :crazy2:

Yes, I was envisioning a not so pretty scene.

"Sorry about your bike, Babe, but at least you still have me.   :)  :o  :'(   :-X 



Quote from: Serk on Tue 23, Mar 2010, 09:56:36... 'sposed to be upper 70's for that one...

Reminds me of an exchange that takes place from time to time between my loved one and me.

"I didn't think it was supposed to rain today."

"Sweetheart, they predict the weather.  They don't schedule it.

Blackduck KS

I made the long 7 mile treck today.
Alls well no problems made it in safe.

Blackduck

Big IV

Another day hoping for another dollar.
Commute to ride, ride to commute!
"Ride Free Citizen!"
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