It was at Boylston and Tremont, where it is two way traffic, very narrow, very busy, lined with parked cars on one side and too narrow for parking on the other, trucks making deliveries, a construction site that extends out into the parking lane- basically the stupidest place in the world to pull a u-ey but this SUV did- and fast, too, and shot right at the cyclist behind him who veered left to go around him when he first stopped before he made this idiotic maneuver. But I see this kind of thing every day in Boston. No one ever believes me when I say Boston drivers are maniacs (but you know what I'm talking about 'cuz you ride there- you know they're redoing Comm ave right?)

Nonetheless, a really mellow ride in this morning with my new Diadora Shoes (they're the kind that bike patrol cops wear or at least that's how they're advertised) and they were terrific. Walked around in them all day and they were quite tolerable.

Replaced my worn out pedals, too, and had a very speedy ride home (was it the new shoes? the pedals? my new helmet? the fact that I spent so much money on bike stuff?)- no wind to speak of and I ate a big chocolate brownie just before I got on the bike path and it fueled me all the way home. Saw a big rat on the bike path- they give me the creeps- maybe that's why I went so fast.