Great ride home last night. Except I had to stop twice for mechanical reasons. First was because it felt like my cleat was coming loose (again) so I stopped to tighten it but it was fine, just me being paranoid. Second was the dreaded chain suck. Never had this happen on a road bike before and I'm still kinda wondering how it even happened. The chain was sucked up and lodged between the little ring and just behind the BB. Couldn't kick it out so I had to dismount and yank it out (cursing at it the whole time) with both hands. Might have to check the chain for damage but it seemed ok for the rest of the ride home.

Even with all that mess I still made my best time and fastest average yet, 1:25@15.7MPH. For only 1 month of commuting I'm reasonably pleased with my progress so far.