Short, chilly ride on the Minuteman tonight, 8 miles, temperatures in the low 20s with a headwind on the outbound leg. The Minuteman was clear from Arlington Center to the Lexington line, but as I approached Arlington's Great Meadow I encountered ice that was too seriously 3-dimensional to look like fun for a ride in the dark; it looked like something else, not like fun...


Turned around then, but enjoyed the ride anyway; the Minuteman was practically deserted: a few cyclists, a few walkers, a few runners. Very quiet.

Spring, when it comes, will be welcome. A new pair of tires for the LHT arrived today, light, supple 38mm 700c tires from Compass Bicycles; I choose to take that as a harbinger of warmer days.

rod