First commute in a while. Been working 13 hour days for the past 2 weeks, so I've been taking the car every day.

Felt great to FINALLY take the new bike commuting. Shaved a good 11 minutes off my average with the old bike!

10.5 miles uphill...used to take 60 minutes, today was 49 minutes
I used to do 45 minutes coming home...I wonder how the new bike does on the downhill commute. :-)

But while commuting today I got a wave from an oncoming roadie in full spandex...I was looking right at him and gave my usual nod, but I'm not sure if he noticed since he was on the other side of the road. I didn't even think of waving back since I was booking it up a steep hill.

Felt kinda bad thinking that he waved and might not have seen me nod back. Roadies around here don't tend to be social and wave very often. It's pleasant when they do.