Ride home for Thursday, 24 April

Conditions much the same as this morning... So much for the blast of nice weather we had!

Distance logged: 11.794km
Time: 41:19
Average speed: 17.1km/hr
Max speed: 41.3 km/hr
Temperature: 4C, light rain, windy
Cumulative distance: 2414.909km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.07
Monthly distance: 564.717km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Thursday, 24 April

A very spring-like ride in with wind and rain. Better than snow, I suppose - though that's forecast for tomorrow night!

Distance logged: 11.340km
Time: 37:47
Average speed: 18km/hr
Max speed: 45.4 km/hr
Temperature: 2C, rainy, windy
Cumulative distance: 2403.115km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.07
Monthly distance: 552.923km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Wednesday, 23 April

Rode down to the Dal School of Architecture to lock my bike up while I went to a HCC board meeting. Things are starting to get planned for bike week, as well as everything else. I think I need to figure out a way to get a few more hours out of every day!

Distance logged: 11.845km
Time: 34:42
Average speed: 20.5km/hr
Max speed: 48.1 km/hr
Temperature: 11C-6C, light rain
Cumulative distance: 2391.775km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.07
Monthly distance: 541.583km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Wednesday, 23 April

Down to Bedford for my physio appointment. First ride of the year where I didn't have to wear winter boots!

Distance logged: 29.207km
Time: 68:34
Average speed: 25.6km/hr
Max speed: 61.5 km/hr
Temperature: 8C-15C
Cumulative distance: 2379.930km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.07
Monthly distance: 529.738km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Tuesday, 22 April

Over to Dartmouth for a meeting of the HRM Bike Map committee. There was much discussion over routing, and there was an interesting comment from the transportation engineer that he considered every road to be a bike route - I certainly couldn't argue with that! There was an agreement that the map needed to be updated, with some routes changing their primary/secondary designations, some being removed, and a concerted effort being made to connect up dangling, unconnected routes. As such, if any of my readers in HRM have any comments on the bike map for changes to make, or routes to add, let me know!

Great ride home in some relatively warm weather. Lots of cyclists around too, which was no great surprise. What was a surprise was the sudden predilection for full face helmets; I can understand mountain bikers wearing them on the way to trails, and there's an older chap that wears one in winter to (presumably) ward off the wind chill, but I can't help thinking for regular road riding they'd be awfully hot and cumbersome...

Distance logged: 22.037km
Time: 66:33
Average speed: 19.9km/hr
Max speed: 47.4 km/hr
Temperature: 18C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2350.723km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.07
Monthly distance: 500.531km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Tuesday, 22 April

Just about warm enough to ride in in a pair of kneewarmers and legwarmers...

Distance logged: 11.288km
Time: 30:03
Average speed: 22.2km/hr
Max speed: 56.8 km/hr
Temperature: 4C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2328.686km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 478.494km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Monday, 21 April

Quite a few cyclists out, but not quite as many as I expected given the weather (and the overcrowdedness of the bike racks this morning...)

Distance logged: 11.859km
Time: 36:48
Average speed: 19.3km/hr
Max speed: 45.8 km/hr
Temperature: 14C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2317.398km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 467.206km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Monday, 21 April

Nothing much of note happened on the ride in, but when I got to work I was surprised to find I couldn't get my normal spot in the bike racks because there were so many bikes there...

Distance logged: 11.297km
Time: 32:52
Average speed: 20.6km/hr
Max speed: 59.6 km/hr
Temperature: 1C
Cumulative distance: 2305.539km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 455.347km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride for Saturday, 19 April

Early ride down to the farmer's market to do my weekly shopping. I was surprised when I got down there to find the railings I normally lock up to almost completely full!

Distance logged: 26.005km
Time: 87:10
Average speed: 17.9km/hr
Max speed: 45.9 km/hr
Temperature: 3C-12C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2294.242km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 444.050km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Friday, 18 April

Hot and sticky ride home with some pretty high humidity. Didn't have any comments from drivers but their actions spoke louder than words - particularly the driver who roared past me only to have to stop at the traffic light ahead...

Distance logged: 13.407km
Time: 42:59
Average speed: 18.7km/hr
Max speed: 47.2 km/hr
Temperature: 12C, cloudy, humid
Cumulative distance: 2268.237km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 418.045km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Friday, 18 April

The drivers around town seemed quite irritable today, probably due to the spike in gas prices. One or two of them tried to shout out recommendations of one kind or another as they drove past, but as usual whatever they were saying was pretty much completely unintelligible...

Distance logged: 11.222km
Time: 34:26
Average speed: 19.6km/hr
Max speed: 49.2 km/hr
Temperature: 9C, fog, rain
Cumulative distance: 2254.830km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 404.638km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Thursday, 17 April

Surprisingly fast ride home given my legs are starting to get rather tired after pounding into work yesterday from Bedford. Might possibly have been trying to get rid of some frustration after trying to get a new AIX box up on the network...

Distance logged: 12.638km
Time: 36:31
Average speed: 20.8km/hr
Max speed: 50.4 km/hr
Temperature: 15C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2243.608km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 393.416km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Thursday, 17 April

Nice sunny ride in.

Distance logged: 11.295km
Time: 31:50
Average speed: 21.3km/hr
Max speed: 55.1 km/hr
Temperature: 1C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2230.970km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 380.778km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Wednesday, 16 April

Sunny ride home, albeit a touch breezy in parts. The warm weather brought out a lot of muppet cyclists, including one who was riding along the sidewalk, rode straight in front of me at the junction, then rode onto the road. I wouldn't mind so much but he didn't even bother to look for cars before he swung out into the road - I guess angels really do look out for fools...

Distance logged: 13.490km
Time: 41:35
Average speed: 19.5km/hr
Max speed: 51.6 km/hr
Temperature: 15C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2219.675km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 369.483km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Wednesday, 16 April

Down to Bedford for my weekly physio appointment, then in to work. Got a call on my new (temporary) cell phone on the way in while I was going down the Bedford Highway at just under 50, felt discretion to be the better part of valour and let it go to voicemail and just pushed it to get in quicker in case there was a server down. As it happened someone had locked out their account by typing in their password wrong too many times...

Distance logged: 29.784km
Time: 69:32
Average speed: 25.7km/hr
Max speed: 56.8 km/hr
Temperature: 1C to 10C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2206.185km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 355.993km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Tuesday, 15 April

Found the fire trail partially resurfaced on the way home, which was good, but it hadn't been packed down so the surface was a bit loose and slippery. Stopped off at Sobey's on the way home and picked up a bunch of necessities.

Distance logged: 12.467km
Time: 40:51
Average speed: 18.3km/hr
Max speed: 49.2 km/hr
Temperature: 11C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2176.401km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 326.209km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Tuesday, 15 April

Spent most of the ride in trying to figure out where an intermittent chirping noise was coming from. I thought it was my derailleur at first, then I started hearing the noise coming from the front. It wasn't until I stopped at a traffic light that I realised it was the birds in the trees...

Distance logged: 11.222km
Time: 31:55
Average speed: 21.1km/hr
Max speed: 57.7 km/hr
Temperature: -1C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2163.934km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 313.742km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Monday, 14 April

Gusty ride home with the wind seemingly coming from all directions at random.

Distance logged: 13.537km
Time: 42:07
Average speed: 19.3km/hr
Max speed: 46.1 km/hr
Temperature: 4C, gusty
Cumulative distance: 2152.712km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 302.520km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Monday, 14 April

Yet again I was reminded how annoying it is to have a car overtake me on a downhill and then slow down.

Distance logged: 11.235km
Time: 31:10
Average speed: 21.6km/hr
Max speed: 60.6 km/hr
Temperature: 1C, cloudy
Cumulative distance: 2139.175km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 288.983km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride for Saturday, 12 April

Down to the Farmer's Market to do my weekly shop. I was hoping the wet weather might keep a few people away, but my hopes were in vain.

Distance logged: 25.036km
Time: 79:25
Average speed: 18.9km/hr
Max speed: 51.6 km/hr
Temperature: 3C, showers and drizzle
Cumulative distance: 2127.940km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 277.748km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Friday, 11 April

Fewer cars on the road than normal, I don't know if it's because the price of gas went up again or because people left early because of the nice weather, but I certainly appreciated it whilst it lasted. Lots of cyclists out again, even seeing one out in the wilds of Clayton Park...

Distance logged: 13.909km
Time: 42:46
Average speed: 19.5km/hr
Max speed: 46.5 km/hr
Temperature: 9C
Cumulative distance: 2102.904km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 252.712km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Friday, 11 April

Rode down to work and, having left early, I decided to just ride around for a bit. For some slightly odd reason, my computer says I only did an extra 500 metres or so, but it certainly seemed like more than that to me...

Distance logged: 11.882km
Time: 30:52
Average speed: 23.1km/hr
Max speed: 55.5 km/hr
Temperature: 2C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2088.995km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 238.803km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Thursday, 10 April

Decided on the ride home that choosing the Nishiki may not have been the best move in the wind and the rain, especially after stopping off at Bulk Barn and stocking up on oats and brown sugar...

Not much activity at the gas stations that I saw, although the local pundits are predicting a rise of 2-4 cents. Should be interesting to see what a difference it makes on the roads...

Distance logged: 11.950km
Time: 38:20
Average speed: 18.7km/hr
Max speed: 39.4 km/hr
Temperature: 5C, intermittent drizzle, breezy
Cumulative distance: 2077.113km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.08
Monthly distance: 226.921km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Thursday, 10 April

Still seeing more cyclists about than usual for this time of year, there's even a few new faces around Clayton Park.

Distance logged: 11.295km
Time: 33:16
Average speed: 20.4km/hr
Max speed: 60.6 km/hr
Temperature: 1C, cloudy
Cumulative distance: 2065.163km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 214.971km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Wednesday, 09 April

The warm weather brought out all sorts of people on bikes. It was warm enough out there that I managed to get away with just jersey and shorts. I warned one of the cyclists at work as he was about to head out that it was up to 17C and he reconsidered his decision to wear a big heavy coat...

Distance logged: 13.508km
Time: 39:19
Average speed: 20.6km/hr
Max speed: 51 km/hr
Temperature: 17C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2053.868km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 203.676km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Wednesday, 09 April

Down to Bedford for my weekly physio appointment then back to Halifax to work. Took the road bike in and did a nice fast ride, not sure how long that's going to last - there were people at the clinic muttering about "20 centimeters of snow coming next week" but I have my doubts on that one.

Distance logged: 28.902km
Time: 68:37
Average speed: 25.3km/hr
Max speed: 58.6 km/hr
Temperature: 3C to 10C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2040.360km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 190.168km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Tuesday, 08 April

Lots of cyclists around downtown, I even saw one guy riding a singlespeed up Central ahead of me, a rare sight indeed! There definitely seems to be more cyclists around than usual, even with the weather taking a turn for the better...

Distance logged: 11.861km
Time: 34:06
Average speed: 20.9km/hr
Max speed: 47.6 km/hr
Temperature: 14C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2011.458km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 161.266km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Tuesday, 08 April

Rode in on the Nishiki again. Rain is forecast for the end of the week culminating in snow on Saturday so I'll have to make the most of it while I can...

Distance logged: 11.335km
Time: 31:16
Average speed: 21.8km/hr
Max speed: 53.0 km/hr
Temperature: -3C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 1999.597km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 149.405km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Monday, 07 April

Good to be out on the road bike again, it was quite a speed difference between what I was doing and what I can do on the winter bike! There were quite a few cyclists around, muppet of the day was the kitted out road bike rider riding on the wrong side of the street towards me, and zigging with every zag movement I made. I swerved around him at the last minute, I'm really not sure what his logic was there...

Distance logged: 13.505km
Time: 38:43
Average speed: 20.9km/hr
Max speed: 45.8 km/hr
Temperature: 11C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 1988.262km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 138.070km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Monday, 07 April

No ride over the weekend as there was freezing rain threatened for about the time I'd be riding home, so I walked over to Sobey's instead.

Got my Nishiki out over the weekend and got it cleaned up ready to ride. Since the weather was so nice today I rode it in. I think I need a new cassette and chain since it's slipping (and this chain has snapped before anyway). Made a nice change to ride something fast in, though.

Distance logged: 11.318km
Time: 33:41
Average speed: 20.2km/hr
Max speed: 47.7 km/hr
Temperature: -4C
Cumulative distance: 1974.757km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 124.565km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Friday, 04 April

Rode home racing against the incoming weather, with rain and snow due...

Distance logged: 11.35km
Time: 37:01
Average speed: 18.4km/hr
Max speed: 42.9 km/hr
Temperature: 6C, cloudy
Cumulative distance: 1963.439km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 113.247km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Friday, 04 April

Rode the hybrid in again, definitely makes a nice change of pace.

Distance logged: 11.178km
Time: 34:38
Average speed: 19.4km/hr
Max speed: 49.9 km/hr
Temperature: 0C
Cumulative distance: 1952.089km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 101.897km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Thursday, 03 April

Windy ride home, and the lightness of the hybrid meant I was blown about a bit. Managed to get home in one piece, though.

Distance logged: 11.736km
Time: 45:08
Average speed: 15.6km/hr
Max speed: 42.3 km/hr
Temperature: 4C, windy
Cumulative distance: 1940.911km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 90.719km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Thursday, 03 April

Risked a ride in on the hybrid, and made it in without incident.

Distance logged: 11.201km
Time: 33:18
Average speed: 20.2km/hr
Max speed: 54.2 km/hr
Temperature: -4C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 1929.175km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 78.983km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Wednesday, 02 April

Nice sunny ride home, albeit windy. Saw a lot of cyclists out downtown, but it thinned out the further away I rode until there were no other cyclists on the road by the time I passed Bayers Road. Shame, it was a great spring day. I looked a little odd in wellies and waterproof pants from this morning but I didn't care as I rolled the sleeves of my jacket and jersey to my elbows.

Distance logged: 13.414km
Time: 50:12
Average speed: 16km/hr
Max speed: 42.6 km/hr
Temperature: 6C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 1917.974km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 67.782km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Wednesday, 02 April

Rode in via Bedford for my physio appointment. It was warm enough today to ride my hybrid in, with the roads having been washed fairly clean by all the rain. Tomorrow looks like it might be doable by hybrid, too...

Distance logged: 31.659km
Time: 93:42
Average speed: 20.3km/hr
Max speed: 59.6 km/hr
Temperature: 7C, cloudy, windy
Cumulative distance: 1904.560km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 54.368km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Tuesday, 01 April

Lot of cyclists out this afternoon despite the dampness. Looks like spring might finally have arrived with warmer temperatures and wet weather. I took the hybrid down this evening and pumped up the tyres and gave it a once-over in anticipation of riding it tomorrow...

Distance logged: 11.732km
Time: 47:27
Average speed: 14.8km/hr
Max speed: 34.2 km/hr
Temperature: 7C, drizzle
Cumulative distance: 1872.901km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 22.709km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Tuesday, 01 April

Rain, doing a good job cleaning off the streets.

Distance logged: 10.977km
Time: 40:55
Average speed: 16.1km/hr
Max speed: 45.7 km/hr
Temperature: 0C, drizzle
Cumulative distance: 1861.169km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.09
Monthly distance: 10.977km
Monthly cost per km: $0