First bike commute of 2014, and it's shaping up to be a doozy. Normally I would have driven today as it was raining when I got up and the forecast is calling for a rather extreme change in conditions during the day with a strong cold front moving through. However, I missed commuting the first two workdays last week due to lousy weather, with even worse weather is expected tomorrow, and I didn't want to miss commuting the entire first week of the new year. The temperature was about 60 F when I got up, but it's supposed to drop to about 30 F by my afternoon commute. That meant I had to reverse my normal commuting gear, dressing very lightly this morning but carrying extra clothes to bundle up this afternoon. Complicating matters was the rain and strong headwind on my way to work, which made for a slow commute. Tomorrow I plan to drive as we are supposed to have the coldest morning temperatures (single digits) in more than 10 years and at least 5 degrees colder than my previous coldest commute, with a wind chill in the -5 to 10 F range. I don't have warm enough gear for those temperatures.