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I rode my bike to work this morning for the first time. I am not setup to do work commuting yet, but I am dropping the bike off at T-Rex racing this morning so they can do fitment for their gear on it. So, as far as gear, I had everything on except for my riding pants and boots.
I decided to leave EARLY since the HOV lane has been closed due to construction and traffic has been bad since. Got up at 4:00 am and was out the door at 4:30. The temperature was about 55 and it was REALLY foggy so visibility was poor. It had rained a ton on Saturday night, but overall the streets were dry except for some patches of dew. I only had the thermal insert in my jacket, but my upper body was comfortable. My legs and feet got a little cool on the outsides.
The trip took about 30 minutes. I went the speed limit on the backgrounds and then averaged about 80 on the highway. MPG was in the mid-upper 40's. Traffic was excellent. No idiot drivers that early I guess ;P Only saw one police car, but it was in downtown close to work and he was hauling @$$ too.
When I got to work, I didn't park in the garage, but out front where some other bikes park. There was only 1 bike there. There is a really sweet Speed Triple that parks there normally, but I think the rider works a later shift. Space is pretty limited there, but I will be out of there at 9 am to take bike to T-Rex.
All-in-all, it wasn't a bad first ride to work =)
I decided to leave EARLY since the HOV lane has been closed due to construction and traffic has been bad since. Got up at 4:00 am and was out the door at 4:30. The temperature was about 55 and it was REALLY foggy so visibility was poor. It had rained a ton on Saturday night, but overall the streets were dry except for some patches of dew. I only had the thermal insert in my jacket, but my upper body was comfortable. My legs and feet got a little cool on the outsides.
The trip took about 30 minutes. I went the speed limit on the backgrounds and then averaged about 80 on the highway. MPG was in the mid-upper 40's. Traffic was excellent. No idiot drivers that early I guess ;P Only saw one police car, but it was in downtown close to work and he was hauling @$$ too.
When I got to work, I didn't park in the garage, but out front where some other bikes park. There was only 1 bike there. There is a really sweet Speed Triple that parks there normally, but I think the rider works a later shift. Space is pretty limited there, but I will be out of there at 9 am to take bike to T-Rex.
All-in-all, it wasn't a bad first ride to work =)
