Try as I may, I couldn't get up the gumption to ride to work in the morning snow flurries. They stopped by the time I got to work, of course, in strict accordance with Murphy's Law.
It's been a quiet week as far as riding. Little of significance went on for me with regard to bike riding. Even the ride to work on Wednesday was low on the drama scale. Well, mostly. It was a slightly different route, which made for some fun.
I needed to make a side trip to make a deposit. The bank in question has a branch across SR 22 from the Summit shopping megaplex, so instead of continuing out Westport Road as is my wont, I went north-ish on Hurstbourne Parkway to KY22, stopped at the Kroger there for a few (I was early for the bank, which opened at 9:00), and waited for the bank folks to open their doors. It seemed they decided to humor the bike rider waiting in the snow flurries and open thirty or forty-five seconds early!
After taking care of that bit of business, I opted to take KY22 out to Crestwood instead of going back south to Westport Road and coming into Crestwood from the south/west. I typically avoid riding KY22 anywhere west of Crestwood (and for some miles east of Crestwood, save for a few short patches), as it's narrower than KY146, and the speed limit is higher (45 instead of 35 on a narrower road?!?!). I figured that one time would be okay, given that a) it was daylight, b) I was going the opposite direction of any heavy morning traffic, c) I am EASY to see from a long way away, d) since it was snowing a bit (although nothing was really sticking), people seeing a bicyclist would figure the rider was either pitiable or crazy enough to hurt them if they tried anything aggressive and e) I didn't feel like going out of my way to get where I was going.
As it happened, things went quite well. Sight lines are pretty good on KY22, so folks could see me WELL before they came up to me (I had both flashers going). I could tell when folks noticed me, in the main, as they would slow dramatically or change lanes (!!!) well before they got to me. I never felt concerned that a motorist didn't see me in time. It's still not a road I will travel often (it's out of my way most days), but the occasional trip that way won't bother me as much as I thought it would.
Saturday turned out to be a surprisingly busy day for this time of year. Not necessarily profitable, but busy. Lots of folks came in the store to get various small items or start their research on more expensive ones.
I needed to make a side trip to make a deposit. The bank in question has a branch across SR 22 from the Summit shopping megaplex, so instead of continuing out Westport Road as is my wont, I went north-ish on Hurstbourne Parkway to KY22, stopped at the Kroger there for a few (I was early for the bank, which opened at 9:00), and waited for the bank folks to open their doors. It seemed they decided to humor the bike rider waiting in the snow flurries and open thirty or forty-five seconds early!
After taking care of that bit of business, I opted to take KY22 out to Crestwood instead of going back south to Westport Road and coming into Crestwood from the south/west. I typically avoid riding KY22 anywhere west of Crestwood (and for some miles east of Crestwood, save for a few short patches), as it's narrower than KY146, and the speed limit is higher (45 instead of 35 on a narrower road?!?!). I figured that one time would be okay, given that a) it was daylight, b) I was going the opposite direction of any heavy morning traffic, c) I am EASY to see from a long way away, d) since it was snowing a bit (although nothing was really sticking), people seeing a bicyclist would figure the rider was either pitiable or crazy enough to hurt them if they tried anything aggressive and e) I didn't feel like going out of my way to get where I was going.
As it happened, things went quite well. Sight lines are pretty good on KY22, so folks could see me WELL before they came up to me (I had both flashers going). I could tell when folks noticed me, in the main, as they would slow dramatically or change lanes (!!!) well before they got to me. I never felt concerned that a motorist didn't see me in time. It's still not a road I will travel often (it's out of my way most days), but the occasional trip that way won't bother me as much as I thought it would.
Saturday turned out to be a surprisingly busy day for this time of year. Not necessarily profitable, but busy. Lots of folks came in the store to get various small items or start their research on more expensive ones.
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