yesterday was my first time on the bike in 15 days! b/c i was on a non-cycling vacation in Russia. for me, that's a long time not to be on the bike!

and on my return from cold snowy Russia i was greeted by snow here in Munich - yeah! although not as much as in Russia.

my first commute of 2003 today was great with about -6C and mabye 2cm snow on the ground. going home will be about 5cm snow as it's been slightly snowing most of the day. very nice for riding although a few of my coworkers were dumbfounded... "you road TODAY?"

with the studs on front and back i didn't notice even the slightest problem even on the ice patches where snow had been cleared and refrozen (OK, it was nice not to be wet since it rained so much in warm November and December)... although they salt the roads here pretty heavily which sucks as many of the larger roads are wet salty slush.