This morning was nice... a few patches of fog here and there, and some pockets of cold air. I'd just completely overhauled my bike this past weekend, along with putting in new aero levers (I had old school cables in your face brake levers) and new griptape. 'Cept for the fact that I should replace my drivetrain, she rides like a dream.

Yesterday's commute home was quite interesting. An adolescent boy on his bike came behind me at a red light, and pulled ahead of me once the light turned green. He looked back at me, with a gesture to race on his face, along with an ugly scab above his lip (it looked inflicted). So I smiled at him, then he hops down in front of me, then I tell him "watch it, kid". This guy was trying to pedal so pathetically, I was coasting behind him. After 10 more seconds of that, I pulled ahead of him, and got way beyond him once we engaged the hill. I didn't see him again after that.

Anyway, that hill is one of the very reasons why I appreciate having a multispeed bike. Of course, there are a buncha hipsters out in Portland that like to ride on their fixies, as they call it, which I have nothing against, but I'd never ride a fixie to fit into their group. Not to mention there are quite a few cyclists out here who are into their multicolored spandex and $1000+ bikes, zipping past you during your commute, but I'm not into that (nor do I have that income). Okay, I'll shut up now.