Car-Free Day here, too. Ironically, today was the first day in about a week I had to drive my car --- had a doctor's appointment in a very distant location. I had hoped to make it back from the appointment in time to ride my bike downtown for the festivities, but that didn't work ut either. I might have played hookie since I didn't get to work until after 2 PM, but my new rear derailleur arrived at my work address today, so I knew I needed to be here to get it. Come hell or high water, I'm installing that puppy tonight! :-)

Let me just say that 2 PM is a lovely time to commute in to work. There were VERY few people on the MUP. Ended up being paced by a roadie who served as a nice bunny for a while... I followed behind (not right on his wheel, but 10-20 feet back most of the time) as we cruised around 20 mph w/ a nice tailwind.

Since I'm riding to meet up with my wife for dinner and a movie then metro-ing home, I've only got about 1.5 miles of rotten shifting left to deal with. In other news, I found some really loose non-drive side spokes on my rear wheel last night. Probably a result of something that got caught in my rear wheel a couple days ago and broke some of the fender mounting hardware, too. Tightened back up a couple turns so they're actually under some tension, but probably need to spend a little time at the co-op or take the wheel over to the LBS over the weekend to get it all fixed up right and tensions properly checked. There's always something to fix... but that's part of the fun as long as it's not too expensive. :-)

One last thing... passed 2500 miles total on my bike for the year on the commute in this AM. Still shy of 2500 commuting miles, but I'll be there soon. Wish I could work in more fun rides and get my touring started...