Well, I sort of recruited another bike commuter in my office. He has seen me commuting for a while and decided to give it a try. We talked a bit about bikes as he was initially considering a Walmart special, but I encouraged him to go for a better bike. He ended up buying a decent used Fuji hybrid from a pawn shop. I brought him a blinkie tail-light today that I got at a Bike-to-Work event and plan to bring him some other gear I don't need, such as a bottle cage and pedals with toe clips.

The weather in NC this week has been absolutely perfect. Warm but low humidity. However, I drove yesterday because my knee was hurting and I didn't want to make the injury worse. I stupidly tried lowering my saddle when one of my riding buddies commented that it looked too high. After several weeks of riding with my saddle .5 cm lower, my left knee started aching, and the saddle height is the only thing I can attribute it to.