I was looking forward to riding my new touring bike for the first time this morning, so I stayed up until nearly midnight installing a rack, mounts for lights and making other adjustments. The forecast called for cold but clear weather. To my surprise, the streets were all wet when I got up and there was light rain when I went outside to get the paper. Forecasters had called for near zero chance of rain when I went to bed last night.

Anyway, I didn't want to get my new bike all dirty on its first ride, so I had move my lights and seat bag to another bike with fenders. Good thing I changed bikes because the streets were very wet on my commute altho it was only raining very lightly. Other than the bike swapping hassle, it was an excellent ride with a bit of a tailwind and cools temps in the upper 30s, which I like. I managed to bike commute every workday this week, only missing Tuesday, which was a holiday.