First commute of the New Year. Because of weather/schedule conflicts I only biked three times in December. I lost all conditioning that I had gained over the past several months! I started out late. One of my two lights wouldn’t work, so I stopped and put on my emergency light. The cable from the non-working light got caught in my front spokes—luckily no harm done. I had to stop and make some clothing adjustments. I switch to my heavy, low pressure, studded tires. All this equaled me being 15 minutes late… luckily I set my own hours so I technically can’t be late… but it doesn’t look the best. Did I mention it’s great to be back on the bike!

Oh, I found my cold limit… 7F… My wife set my limit at 10F for safety concerns; accuweather.com lured me out with a forecasted, balmy 25F this afternoon so I snuck out this morning. My toes didn’t like the temp, everything else was fine… I guess I’ll stay with my 10F limit.