No ride today, forecast calls for high winds and rain/snow. Ride home last night was plesant not too cold and no wind, with a couple of interesting events.

I rarely come across other cyclists, but last night on the bike path portion of the commute, I was not paying a lot of attention, and almost ran into an oncoming cyclist. He had a light, but it was easly lost in the lights from the nearby traffic. I spotted him when my own lights lit him. Actually, I think I picked up his reflector before I noticed the whimpy headlight. Must remember to watch out for poorly lit cyclists on the bike path.

Later, I was coming up on a stoplight in heavy traffic, it was green, a car was on my left and was pacing me. He was making a right and was apparently waiting for me to cross the intersection, and not cutting me off. Car behind him, layed on the horn, and then gunned it. Passing in the left turn lane with his tires squelling. All this energy just to catch up with the traffic about half block ahead. Maybe I'm getting old, but the average speed around here is 15-20mph tops, absolutly no point in this kind of lunacy.

Anyway, I'm getting a lot of use out of my light system, but it just barely has enough charge to power a one way commute even with careful management.