High 40s - fairly nice ride in, except for my very first crash - turning left in a construction zone I realized that the dirt directly in front of my bike was partially concealing a very large, very deep pot hole. Since my bunny hopping skills are nonexistent at this point (they're on my to-do list) I hit the brakes hard but on the loose dirt couldn't stop in time. I remember actually making it through the thing, but couldn't control the bike afterwards and laid it down on the left side. Very little traffic at 5am in that area, so a very limited audience and no danger of getting squashed. A nice thing about winter riding is I had enough clothing to limit the road rash - a little scuff on the elbow and my knee is going to be extra ugly for a few weeks. I had to push the front shifter/brake assembly back in-line with the drop bars and run the front derailer through it's indices, but other than that my Kona Jake was fine. Happily the helmet didn't take a hit - I don't want to have to buy another one. The rest of the ride was uneventful - I even saw three other bicyclists on the roads - two were even using lights!
Last edited by JohnnyOTS; 12-11-06 at 11:10 AM.