Last night I noticed I had a flat on the regular winter commuter I take from my house. Turns out it was a sidewall failure in the tire. I have other tires I could have put on the bike, but I chose instead to ride my mini-velo today. This despite the fact that we are getting a wintery mix of precip and my regular winter commuters have studded tires this time of year. It's not like I haven't ridden my mini-velo since fall, since I do use it for shorter jaunts around town all year round, but I have not commuted for work on it since fall. Definitely a nice change of pace. It's a lot more fun to ride though when it is not loaded down with panniers like today.