I was all set to go but found my rear tire flat when I got to my bike. Looks like the rim tape is to blame for that one. The entire rim side of the tube is covered with bumps where it is pushing the rim tape into the spoke holes. The puncture was in the center of one of them.

Once I was on my way I enjoyed a -2C morning with a fairly strong tailwind, though it started to easy up during the ride. I was commuting on slicks for the first time this year and managed a wind assisted average speed of 27kph for a trip time of 33 minutes. There were only a few spots of ice which I was able to go around.