My first commute of the year today! The medical specialist I'm seeing about my knee injury said I should give it a try because, if done in a certain way, it can act as physiotherapy of sort. I had to go to a meeting with a student only about three-four miles away, where I could bike on back streets and over relatively flat terrain. I figured that would be the perfect opportunity to ease back into cycling.

What can I say. The weather was beautiful, I wasn't feeling too bad either (not surprising - I was crawling along at about 10 mph most of the way ). The biggest problem turned out to be the bike. It was okay on the way to the meeting, but I guess parking it in the cold did something bad to it. On the way back, if I stopped pedalling even for a split second, the cassette would not reengage without a lot of fiddling. So on the way back I was not so much trying to guard my knees (though that too), as attempting to keep pedalling at all cost. I mostly succeded, though I had to stop at one stop sign. The annoying part is that after I stopped, the woman who drove to the interesection first started waving me through... and I could not go! However, I am particularly proud about perfectly timing the only traffic light on that short ride.