So it snowed last night and I went out for a night ride on the singletrack trails by my house and it was great. The snow was wet but fluffy, and the flakes were big and just floating to the ground. It was the first ride of the season in the snow...it was very peaceful with my light illuminating the flakes falling to the ground while negotiating the trail.

Anyway, this morning it was dark and had gotten cold enough over night that everything had just turned into ice. Less than a minute from my house, I took a spill as I crossed a road. That hurt so I was pretty timid the rest of the way. The roads and paths were so slippery initially that I had to ride on the snow covered grass as much as possible. When I got into the river valley, things were a little better but there were still icy patches everywhere...definitely made for an exciting ride.

The distance is 20km and today, it took me exactly 1 hour. If I take the road bike and go flat out (in good weather of course), my best time is 27:45 and average is 29 minutes. Lately (not today though), I've been meeting up with my Dad and commuting to work, we usually make it in 44-48 minutes and he doesn't push too hard (he doesn't have a shower at work).

So basically, it was a slow and slippery commute. Trying to find the non-icy lines on the path feels more exhausting than pushing as hard as you can in nice weather...well, at least mentally tiring.

Anyone else have a commute like this yet this season?