Today was another snow emergency, about the fifth since Christmas, and I rode my winter beater bike from Kenmore Square in downtown Boston to the suburb of Norwood this morning, leaving at 5:45 AM. Rte 1 was entirely rideable with my Marathon Winter studded tires, and my reverse commute direction had very light traffic.

There seems to be an increasing peevishness towards bicylists and runners these days with the repeated, yet unremoved snowfalls. I picked it up on talk radio when last night even the amiable Dan Rea was griping about us. Maybe it's because we're the only commuters having fun out there? I only got one shout-out (no honks) this morning from a guy who passed me easily by more than ten feet on the Jamaicaway, "You've got to be kidding."