It takes a certain amount of hope to get out of bed in the morning (either that, or the bladder's full). It takes some courage to get out on the roads with all the other traffic to go to work, and a certain amount of confidence in my skills to ride the bike in.

So what does it mean to ride the rain bike on a beautiful day just because the weather man says thunderstorms are likely this afternoon?

Showers came through overnight, cleared the air and cooled it down. Bright sun, hardly a cloud in the sky -- except maybe over to the southwest where they're building up? The other traffic was pretty well behaved as well -- it's a great day to be on the bike! (Even if it is the rain bike.)