Maybe the easiest way to answer is to ask, how do you become a Fred?

Answer: go to the road cycling forum, ask how you can keep from being a Fred, and try to follow all the "advice."

Going for a ride tomorrow, on my touring bike with racks and fenders, dressed for the cold, and the senso light will probably come on as I roll through the shadows. I'll probably do double the distance of the non-Freds in town who even make it out to their bikes tomorrow...