Heavy overcast all day. Left this morning in 64 F, with winds out of the NNW at 6 mph.
Didn’t start the TL-LD500 back up tail light flashing when I left this morning figuring just the TL-LD1000 would be enough. Of course the batteries ran out of juice in the TL-LD1000 on the way in. Didn’t notice it until I got to the usual stop for the usual things. BA-ah, that's the very kind of reason I run a back up tail light in the first place. Some day I'll learn.

Coming home it was 68 F with winds out of the NW at 10. Couldn’t exactly bomb the down-hill on the work end of my commute with rush hour traffic like it was, but got a decent run out of it, 38.4 mph. Bike feels like it’s doing some kind of strange “clank” from time to time when shifting. Stopped and tried wiggling some things around, but everything felt tight. On the way through town I went straight through the circle and hung the first left. Spotted another cyclist in front of me on a road bike in street clothes. Tried to catch him, but the harder I tried, the more he increased the distance. Here I am dressed fo' schnizzle (I think I'm too old to use that right) in my zoomy Bell helmet, Primal Wear Dragon’s L’Air jersey, Pearl Izumi shorts, and Sidi shoes and couldn’t catch a guy in street clothes. Almost went two blocks out of my way afraid somebody would see me. Luckily he turned off at the mini-mall.