I rode to work today (as I have done it all week, and do most other days if I can help it at all), and definitely saw more bikes than I usually do. The good thing is - the riders had sensible bikes, sensible clothing, (unlike me!) helmets, and what looked generally like good setups for commuting.

My commute is short and lightly used by bikes, so my experience may not be representative of the overall SD bike commute today - reflections?

I did not visit the Pit Stop in my area as it was out of my way and I didn't have time for a detour.

Biked to work as usual. Stopped by the pit stop manned by SD Zoo and Recon Environmental. Had a free donut, some fruit, got a metal water bottle, and chatted with some people manning the stops.

There was some sort of press coverage at the Zoo stop, but I hid from the video camera but got coaxed into having my picture taken for some sort of bulletin board (I'm camera shy).

I've noticed more commuters this week on my commute.

i biked to work today, as i do everyday, all .2 miles of it.

I'm with Dan! I worked the booth at USD - saw lots of commuters who use Linda Vista Rd. as a main artery to jobs up in Kearny Mesa. Bagels, coffee, water, etc. Maybe someone does it today and gets hooked.

I met Yoshi/Lee from the list! His crosscheck is beautiful, especially in person. Great talking with him!

Thanks Protorio and the others at USD this morning! Definitely a good vibe from all the cyclists I saw on the way to work today.

In the past some of the stops have been open in the afternoon, indicated by an asterisk or something on the official list. They also I believe used to list the times the morning ones would be open.

I hit a few stops on Balboa, no nifty metal bottles though. First one I got to do; previous years I'd had to either drive or not work. I'd love to tour some more stops sometime.

Most of them IMO seemed to be staffed by non-biking HR folks. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I don't think we need "You guys are great for commuting" pats on the back, we need to have more of us regular commuters manning these stations, chatting with people, giving route advice, etc. There's some of that going on as folks mingle at the stations, but it just seemed like we could get get more people out there if the guy at the station was obviously a commuter.

Maybe it's just my experience, though.

there was no pitstop between my house and work :( the whole 1 block i ride.

From what I've seen most of the stops are pretty close to the same: Clif bars, bananas and maybe some muffins or bagels, water and/or juice or maybe coffee.

I'm always hoping for the ones that are different. Those differences depend upon the sponsors.

REI/Caltrans was slightly different by offering water bottles. They were a little better last year with some other stuff.
USPS on Midway had USPS water bottles and USPS polo shirts.
UCSD Medical Center had UCSD iRide water bottles, blinky tail lights and iRide.ucsd.edu pens.
Others have described the Zoo.

Sounds like I should have hit Adams Ave Bicycles on the way home.

It would be nice if the list of sites also gave the times they'd be open/closed, including afternoon times, if any.

I was wondering if Velo Cult participated, and why not. I have to file this thread for next year.