Great commute! I started out slowly and meant to continue going slow, but biking on the road seems to force you to work harder...

Case in point - Today at a three way intersection I tried to let a large truck go ahead of me (he had the right of way). He waved me on, and I ended up in front of him. This road has lots of parked cars and there was no way for him to get around me until the lanes widened. I didn't want to slow him down, but I discovered that on this 25 mph road, we were pretty evenly matched speed-wise. He had trouble accelerating up the hills and when he would finally catch me, we would have to stop for a light. I went much faster than I had originally intended because I didn't want to slow down the nice truck. When the lane finally widened, he went around me and gave me a friendly honk. Some drivers can be very nice to cycle with.

Teresa