Nearly ate it this morning. Had my pannier loaded down, took a turn from a light cycling up to 3rd gear, went a bit too fast and got myself in the grass. Luckily I saved it but for a second there I really thought I was going to lay it down.

Other than that it was an awesome ride. I blew past a few students on MTB's, hit a new max speed on the new bike (34mph) and kept up with auto traffic nearly my whole way in. I am starting to really love bike commuting. Not worrying about a parking space is extra cool.