Spent the weekend completely rebuilding my hybrid, which was in dire need of attention. Disassembled pretty much every piece and cleaned, lubed and adjusted it, or replaced it altogether. New bottom bracket, crankset, derailleur pulleys, brake pads, seat, handlebars, grips, brake levers, and all cables. Even straightened the derailleur hanger and trued up the wheels. Got it all tweaked out and ready to go.

This morning was rain turning to sleet turning to snow. So I couldn't take my freshly rebuilt bike, and had to take the old winter beater with the studded tires.

Rode my bike to my cardiology appointment. I had a stress test scheduled where they run you on a treadmill increasing the speed and incline until you can't go any further. I asked the technician how long people usually last. He said 6 minutes was typical, but sometimes 10. Once he had a guy last 15 minutes. He shouldn't have said that as I took it as a challenge. Was pretty easy until about the 10 minute mark. Around minute 13 it was getting tough. I managed to keep going until the timer hit the 15 minute mark when I finally cried uncle. Had to demonstrate the cardio fitness of us bicycle commuters.

After my appointment I rode to work. Snow is coming down pretty good now. People are bailing out and heading home right and left. We'll see if the snow keeps falling. If it doesn't look like it's going to stop any time soon I may just head home early before the snow gets too deep and work from home so I don't have spend an hour and a half riding home at 6 pm.