Well, today marks the start of real ice in Bucks County, ~20 miles north of Philadelphia. The soccer socks I bought over the weekend do a pretty good job of subbing for leg warmers. Though I lust after some Merino wool ones, oooooooohhh Merino.
There was a point where it got a bit dicey trying to avoid the ice patches on the shoulder and the traffic on the backroads, but all in all it was satifying. Especially when I got to work and a coworker told me I was "a very brave man" for my commute. I don't think there's anything particularly brave about getting to work happy, envigorated and (just a little) smug in the thought that almost all of my coworkers *could* do it, but only I do do it. Ha, doo doo.

Oh, and anyone in the colder climes should check out
http://www.schampa.com/item.asp?iid=934
for a bandito/lycra face mask. Super comfy, super light and packable, and if you MUST have biker style flames, Schampa has them for you.

A note of introduction. I usually post on the Fixed Gear forum, but my interest in advocacy and bike-as-lifestyle topics has grown since I fininshed school in Philly and started working in an office environment in the suburbs. I feel there is WAY too much reliance on cars and trucks out here, starting in people's minds and manifesting itself in their flabby bodies. Not that there's a dearth of flabbiness in the city, but come on: driving .24 miles in your GMC Envoy for coffee? I'm serious about that one, I measured it.