Rode in at a nice moderate pace this morning.

As I was locking my bike downtown I watched as an SUV did a U-turn in the middle of Boylston Street (a busy urban street) and came so close to taking out the cyclist who was behind him when he pulled his sudden and stupid move it made me yell. The cyclist avoided the collision and I listened to the conversation the driver had with his two friends who witnessed his bozo move- this was after he parked his car illegally. He seemed completely unperturbed by the event and expressed how ticked he was that the cyclist wasn't visible! The cyclist had on a bright yellow windbreaker and was very much visible. But the driver's confident demeanor and immediate blame on the cyclist was disconcerting to say the least.

I've completely worn out my commuting shoes, my pedals are falling apart, my helmet straps are fraying they're so old- it just feels like winter has worn out my bike. I got home and there was a big box with my new shoes, new pedals, new helmet, new tires for when the snow and ice are gone and tons of spare tubes- ah, the beauty of the internet.