64 on my way in this morning about 7:00 am. I believe it was my first day riding in this whole year in which I did not have any warm-weather gear on at all (i.e. no arm warmers, leg warmers, balaclava, or full fingered gloves). My knee is healing from the hyper-extension injury this weekend so I could actually get some speed up too.

They just finished a new bike/ped path on a portion of my commute. And what is it about these things that makes pedestrians into idiots? Just prior to 7:00 am I ride up behind a group of four peds strung out across the entire path. I slow down to a reasonable speed and ring my bell, "Ring! Ring!" Two of the people on the left start to move over about 3 inches, just enough so I could sqeeze by. As I rode by I *nicely* said, "Be aware bikes use this path too..." The "ringleader" then yells all sorts of things at me...jeesh! I yell back at her this time, "It's a SHARED PATH!"

It'll be fun from now on. I was used to a narrow sidewalk-wide shared path that few pedestrians ever used, and those that did were extremely respectful of cyclists. I am not sure what changes this...