Toronto riding continues to be nuts! -10 C, my headset was really stiff at the end of my ride and the front shifter was acting up. Backstreets are very iffy. Given that I still haven't switched to knobbies, I didn't even bother to try the neighbourhood roads. In this weather I'm your arterial girl all the way. Arterials are just a little wet and narrower than normally, perfectly rideable. And drivers seem to be more careful on average. Though I did get reminded why I used to call Bathurst Street "Butt hurts Street". The pavement there is something else!!!

No trouble at all today except some stupid pedestrian who told me "You go on the sidewalk" (no, you go on the sidewalk! ). But the person I was supposed to meet for work today was late: as she was driving on a highway really slowly because of the snow, a speeding Jeep passed her and a huge chunk of ice fell off the roof of the Jeep and onto her car, scratching the roof and scaring the hell out of the driver. Driving is dangerous, folks! 600 reported accidents in one day on superhighways alone throughout southwestern Ontario! Ride your bikes!