My Slicks got a slow-leaking pinch flat tuesday from hitting a pothole too fast. I tried to bunny-hop it, got the front wheel over, but I was moving too fast to pop the rear up in time. Anyhow, I fixed that last night and put the slicks on my backup bike, knobbies on my regular commuter (I wanted to play in the dirt! There's a bunch of parking lot construction and dirt mounds just 1/10 mile from where I live)

Nice morning, was dark when I left, getting brighter when I showed up to the bus. It's kind of overcast and it was right at freezing when I left.

I took my newly-frankensteined backup bike in today just to see how it fares. This was the first measurable seat time I've gotten on it aside from the quick zip around the 1/2 mile walking trail surrounding my apartment complex that I used as a shakedown right after I bought it last week. I thought riding a hardtail with slicks was brutal. This one's a rigid, and it's absolutely relentless over any kind of bumps. It will probably be my snow bike once it gets nasty out.

I'll get pics of the backup bike later today.