First I want to give the props to all you meeting your goals this week I managed to ride on a fixie, all but one day, the guy who comes in after me let me use his car for the ride home, since I had to be back at 8am, he had his bike in the rack on the roof though(does that count?).

I am convinced there is nothing good about the wind. It is crafty and out to make me the strongest rider in the Twin Cities. I swear over the past two weeks(since my last post) I have ridden to work into the wind, and when I came out to go home it had shifted to face me on the way home. It's crafty though, not a headwind, but just enough off beam to be a menace, and still be out of the north.

It's gotten cold here. Fun. I like cold weather riding. The briskness of the ride, the wind, the clear air, fogged glasses, it's cool. Can wait for the snow though. I need to save for a set of studs, just incase.

The past two days have been amazing! I have ridden hard, and the bike has been able to take it and ask for more. What has been a nice treat is two major streets on the commute have been resurfaced! It sucked until the new asphalt was down(hit a manhole dead on in the dark, without a bent rim or flat), now it is wonderful, I just keep repeating "the wind is making me stronger, the wind is making me stronger...