Glad you got to try out the fenders! As for thunderstorms, I'll ride if it's only thunder or if the flashes are far enough away. Count between lightning and thunder... you know. I'll stop if the storm seems too close and there's a place to do so. Along my commute, largely MUP, there really isn't anywhere to take shelter except under trees and that's a dicy proposition in a storm, too. In a word, I generally keep going unless my instincts tell me I better get to a safer place somehow.

Great ride in this AM. There were a slight tailwind and more riders than I usually enounter (I came to work early today so I can leave in time to get to my pedicab gig tonight), which made the silly commuter racing game a little more fun.

Starting in seven hours I get to make $ for riding a bike!

In other fun, commuting-related news, DC's Bike to Work Day is May 21. I hung a sign on the door to my department's office, in the lunchroom, and by the bike parking area in the basement. I figured it as mostly a way to let fellow commuters know they could get a free t-shirt, etc., and to maybe get a couple of them to sign up as a result. Well, to my pleasant surprise, one of the custodians in the building (who doesn't really speak any English) had taken note of the sign and wanted to give it a try. He came to my office yesterday w/ another custodian as a translator and I registered him online for the event. Yay!