Cold morning

...but not as bad as what's on the horizon for later this week.

I was having trouble getting motivated for work this week. Some days, I come to work to have an excuse to ride my bicycle a while. I had some stuff to do at the Liberty Street office, which made my timing such that I got to enjoy the colorful morning sky as a crossed the bridge.

Weather is supposed to turn foul again tonight and for the rest of the week. I hope to ride some, but I'll have to make the calls on a daily basis. Barry's blog entry for Friday is a nice outline of the decision tree.

On the "Jenn's commuter bike" front: I'm using this bike to teach her how to do her own repairs and tuning. In time, I want to teach her how to teach the stuff, with an eye toward having her able to teach some intro to intermediate courses for women. For now, she's doing an overhaul on her "new" 1980s-vintage Peugeot commuter rig. She cleaned and repacked the crank and headset bearings Sunday. She will repack the wheel bearings this week some time, install a replacement derailleur and shifters, and mount the rack, lights and fenders over the coming week or so. She is excited, as she will then be able to get to work using one bus instead of doing a transfer (that takes a lot of time unless the planets align perfectly), and have the ability to ride the bike home instead of the bus when weather permits.