This has been my philosophy for years but I never really made a concise phrase out of it. I'd always say it less elegantly: "dress for how you'll be after you warm up."
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It was a very good day, bike wise and otherwise. It was at least 45F when I left the house so I wore only shorts and the magic poly shirt over my bike tee and a windbreaker over that and some light long fingered gloves.

I packed a light commute bag, topped off the tires on the felt f65, my lightest bike hit the 8 Mile trail to trail route. There's an underpass under circle drive that floods after any rain or snow and it had been closed long past the last snow. It was still dry but the gate at either end makes it difficult to. This morning on the way to work I saw a city work crew with shovels and brooms cleaning out under the bridge which was still blocked off with cones but I knew it would be open for the ride home.

The felt seems to have become less harsh over time. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing but it feels wonderful and is effortlessly fast and stable. The only two big caveats are hard braking which well the brakes grip the rims skinny 700x25 tires don't really grip the ground like the fatter tires on my other bikes ... And when the front does grip the back wheel starts to come up off the ground which is unnerving. And while the skinny tires seem to work okay and gravel in a straight line and he turns involve sliding if not careful.

Our news team had mentioned the construction on 8th Street in front of the office was shifting to the west side and that the sidewalk on the bridge over fountain Creek would be open after Wednesday

The trail was clear by the college, I think it's spring break. And then I took my little spur up to 8th Street and lo and behold. The sidewalk was open and I did not have to deal with crossing three ways at the intersection or crossing over 8th Street and back. Old pedestrian bridge which they took down was narrow and covered and made two-person passing difficult especially with a bike or two involved. But it had its charm. The new sidewalk is better more than twice as wide has a fence along the side but is open otherwise.

Officially, it was 74 when I left the office in the afternoon, but my bike thermometer showed 81°F at one point along the ride home. There was no appreciable wind for a change and the trail was a little more crowded in spots. The underpass was open and clear and I took a slightly different route for the last quarter mile to avoid some Street construction. So I encountered only one stoplight in 8 mi.

I felt strong and fast and combined with a busy day at work. I was in a good mood the whole day.