54°F $4.19/gal.!!! ~7:14 - 8:39 - 8:06 [25 + 27 = 52 min.]
morning doves back in town. another beautiful clear morning. wore yellow jacket til midway stop. black town cars = sharks prowling corona ave. another biker more dressed than i [screaming yellow jacket w/ matching leg bands] nobody seems to take the skillman ave. bikelane instead staying on the queens blvd. racetrack with cab stop stations. plaza north coming along could almost ride it with mountain tires. still working the best route from bridge to office. this morning it was down 2nd, across on 53rd, down park + slalom 50th.

59°F $4.13/gal. 8:07 - 8:32 - 9:01 [25 + 29 = 54 min.] Lovely mild tail wind.
Back to school day, back to crazy car service day. Guy trying to run me off 108th street went through two red lights to out run me with little luck. They look so small behind the wheel when you stare at them through the window. Met Julia + Robert going over the bridge. Took 53rd over + slalom on 50th.

52°F shorts weather, beautiful spring morning $4.12/gal. ~7:54 - 8:20 - 8:44
Another new Spanish restaurant and bakery on Cororna ave. Too warm for the yellow jacket. Lots of walkers on the bike path over the Sunnyside RR bridge. Some TA activity at the base of the 59th street bridge. Woman going the wrong way in my path waiting for the day they try to take a shortcut over the bridge via the pedestrian path. Avoiding 49th street better taking 53rd street.

PRE-RIDE THE RIDE

8:00 AM, Battery Park Castle Clinton, Manhattan. Rode to Battery Park. Bailed at 59th street bridge back to Forest Hills. 33.3 miles.

http://veloroutes.org/bikemaps/?route=66815

41°F and still in tights $4.09/gal. ~7:55 - 8:24 - 8:55. First piece of street fashion last evening. Black Old Navy sweatshirt on 43rd ave. In my size! No lock to stop at Walgreens. Yesterday's winds were not 20 or 30 but 40. Wind tunnel conditions.

50°F $4.07/gal. 8:25 - 8:57 - 9:25. Bright + clear a nice way to say nasty headwind. Saw a kid blown off his bike on the bridge, that was a first. Upper Corona ave. + Skillman ave. trees in full bloom. Road hazard of the day: umbrella spokes. Anti-killing zone bike path coming along on Queens plaza north. Open by May?

47°F $4.07/gal. 12 cents more since last on the bike. Soupy out [drizzle + overcast] garbage day on Corona ave. remember I forgot my wallet around Junction blvd. Hit all the green lights on the Lewis Mumford speedway. Met Robert while going over the bridge. Lots of interest in chickens these days. Followed fire truck on Lex. ave. sweet smell of diesel.

Getting a few more miles in during the week URL: http://veloroutes.org/bikemaps/?route=65831