Got to ride home in the rain last night, spent the entire ride cursing myself for not breaking down and getting better rain gear than the emergency poncho I use.

This morning 70 degrees and damp. Roads were still wet from the rain yesterday and last night, and I discovered the I better not put off adjusting my rear brakes any longer. (I've been trying to hold out on the adjustment until I could get down to the community cycleworks and have access to the shop tool and equipment.) I had to stop short at a light and almost went over the handlebars because my fronts grabbed so much more strongly. The pads are still fine, but I had replaced cables not that long ago, so I need to do an adjustment to take out the slack from the initial cable stretching.

While I'm still pretty bad about edge riding during most of the commute I'm trying to force myself to be a bit bolder about taking a lane when I need to. It's a work in progress, I think having been hit back in 2009 still has me a bit nervous when it comes to riding in heavy traffic. Trying to take the lane more has seemed to help reduce the number of drivers who think it's okay to pass me on the left only to make a right turn directly in front of me.