Had a nice commute day! Grabbed the light, minimal commute bag. choose the 16" folder, and removed the quick-release back rack. It clamps on the seatpost but has two bolted struts which I use wingnuts on, so it came off in about 90 seconds. I forgot it's aluminum and weighs practically nothing, but the bike looks and feels jauntier without it, especially when there's a bag on it, and even more so when it's the big everythings-in-in commute bag.

Because yesterday's old route in was so fun, I took another old route which takes me through the quadrangle at Colorado College and on down Tejon street. I rode it untill the construction. The bike felt fast, but I didn't turn on the GPS so I don't know how quick, but that's okay.

When I got to the newly refurbished bridge, I could see the new sidewalk was blocked off. But as I approached one of the city crew made room for me. There's a 15-foot gravel break in the pavement where the construction vehicles had been transversing the new sidewalk. The worker said that by the end of the day it would be paved.

It was a light day at work and I got to really concentrate and enjoy putting together a 30-sec TV ad for an upcoming Jazz and R&B concert. I was given the poster, publicity stills of the four acts and links to their music. I wrote, voiced and mixed the audio track and then used AI to change my voice into something deeper and more "urban". I then used AI to separate the elements of the poster and animate them as well as the publicity stills. I'm discovering all these new tools and with them, newer, faster and more capable ways of accomplishing the finished project I see and hear in my head, as well as new kinds of styles based on the tools. It's even more exciting than when I transitioned from analog to digital production 30 years ago.

I left a little early, it was sunny and 70F with a negligible breeze...almost perfect. The 16" folder felt quick again and seemed less finnicky than usual.

I didn't experience the mild, inexplicable annoyance, agitation or anger that had been dogging me the last few days.

The 1989 Dahon Getaway seems like a non-serious compromise of a bike, until I take advantage of the higher gearing I put in, then at about the same speeds as the other bikes together with the better brakes and tires (Schwalbe Marathon and Marathon Plus) the bike feels like a real serious commuter...until it hits a bump and exhibits a jiggle or twitch no other bike on earth could produce.


Ready to slingshot outta the ofice and into the weekend.