Roads were pretty quiet this morning. I'm guessing lots of people (not including me) decided to take the day off to make a long weekend.

I spent a few hours on Saturday putting new rubber on my road bike, cleaning and lubing the drivetrain, and giving the whole thing a much needed bath. Even went so far as to disassemble the cassette and scrub the gunk off the cogs. All shiny now!

Then 1/2 mile from home I came across a house who had one of their lawn sprinklers spraying directly into the road. This wasn't a slight overlap; this looked like the spray head had been installed 180 degrees backwards and was watering the pavement instead of the grass. I stopped and pondered the situation, not wanting to ride my freshly scrubbed bike through the mess (plus get sprayed myself in my work clothes.) I had only stopped for about 5 seconds when the zone finished it's cycle and the spray heads retracted into the ground. I then proceeded very slowly through the wet and made it to work without undoing all of my cleaning efforts.

I know my bike will eventually get dirty again. I just wanted it to stay clean for more than 1/2 mile.