the ride in this morning was alright... I just cleaned and lubed the chain/gears about half an hour before setting out so the ride was really smooth. I was going uphill toward a light and saw a kid on one of those little scooters riding down the street the wrong way. he shouted "yo, slow down" I was like "yo you're on the wrong side of the street" and he was like "yo slow down let me ask you a question" I was like nah and kept going and he shouted "******** cracker" as I kept going up the hill. had somebody tailgating me pretty close at one point. other than that it was your usual ride in.

the ride back was a night ride, since I had my night class today. second night ride with the helmet-mounted HID... good thing I remembered to charge it this afternoon. made pretty good time going back, took less rest stops and pushed myself harder than I usually did, especially on the big hill on my commute. light traffic, no problems, good ride back.