Ride home last night was great - today was a no-ride day (offsite meetings) and I didn't need my laptop last night, so I left EVERYTHING in the office and went without the backpack for the first time. Felt very free!

Also experienced an interesting thing on the ride home... started out with the wind (from the southwest) in my face at about 15 mph. Not so fun on the uphills, but not to bad otherwise. And hot for Feb - about 80 F. Half way through, the cold front we'll enjoy for the weekend arrived. I felt the temp drop about 5 degrees instantly, and felt the wind swing around and start moving in from the north. Something I would have never noticed in my car, and it was great to have 20 mph winds blowing WITH me on the last couple (admittedly small) hills on the way home. With help from the wind and no backpack, I had the fastest ride home yet... about 56 minutes for the 15 mile trip.