Now that Friday afternoon's rush hour is upon us, the>precip is slowly intensifying. I expect the streets>will get pretty slick, perhaps leading to more than>the usual share of traffic collisions. Especially>since the streets have been dry for so long. So I'm>gonna lie low until the rush hour traffic subsides.

Last night was a little chilly, and I was just going to go> for a short distance, so I took a pair of trousers out of> the to-do laundry pile and put them on. After a couple of> kilometers into the ride I felt a strange load in my pants.> Scary. I steered into the relative privacy of a dark, back> access lane to see WTH was going on. I eventually found a> spot where my movements didn't trip somebody's automatic> security light. It was just a balled-up pair of socks that> somehow got stuffed down the trouser leg. Whew!>

Much of this afternoon was lightly drizzly -- the kind> you can feel, but it doesn't make anything wet. I just> luvs the coolness that a light sprinkle brings on a> sultry[ish] day.>

Now that Friday afternoon's rush hour is upon us, the> precip is slowly intensifying. I expect the streets> will get pretty slick, perhaps leading to more than> the usual share of traffic collisions. Especially> since the streets have been dry for so long. So I'm> gonna lie low until the rush hour traffic subsides.>

Maybe after dark I'll go on a blinkie-hunting ride.> Riding in the cool night air is often inspiring, and> sometimes lucrative. I know some good spots with> rough pavement that'll shake all kinds of stuff off> a bike.>

cheers,> Tom>

-- > -- Nothing is safe from me.> Above address is just a spam midden.> I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca

Today I wore cutoffs over my favourite Louis Garneau shorts> so as to have pockets (my jerseys are all hanging up to dry> after laundering.) Sometimes the fringies on my cutoffs> tickle, like there's a large, fuzzy or leggy bug crawling> up my leg.>

Last night was a little chilly, and I was just going to go> for a short distance, so I took a pair of trousers out of> the to-do laundry pile and put them on. After a couple of> kilometers into the ride I felt a strange load in my pants.> Scary. I steered into the relative privacy of a dark, back> access lane to see WTH was going on. I eventually found a> spot where my movements didn't trip somebody's automatic> security light. It was just a balled-up pair of socks that> somehow got stuffed down the trouser leg. Whew!>

Much of this afternoon was lightly drizzly -- the kind> you can feel, but it doesn't make anything wet. I just> luvs the coolness that a light sprinkle brings on a> sultry[ish] day.>

Now that Friday afternoon's rush hour is upon us, the> precip is slowly intensifying. I expect the streets> will get pretty slick, perhaps leading to more than> the usual share of traffic collisions. Especially> since the streets have been dry for so long. So I'm> gonna lie low until the rush hour traffic subsides.>

Maybe after dark I'll go on a blinkie-hunting ride.> Riding in the cool night air is often inspiring, and> sometimes lucrative. I know some good spots with> rough pavement that'll shake all kinds of stuff off> a bike.>

cheers,> Tom

A HandyDart hauled my gibbled self to Science World for the start of> the MC3 ride at 18:30.>

I wanted make the effort to be with some of the people who had visited> and been mindful of my needs over this past month. >

The stationary bike has acquired bar-ends and 80 extra kms. It is> boring but the blood circulation in that leg feels improved after a> cycling session. Foot and ankle are still bloated but the leg is> starting to stretch out again. Weird muscle spasms relaxing at night.> I'm off pain medication. Pain is rarely bothersome for long.

How do you put up with the post-riding-in-the-­wet drying/cleaning/lub­ing hassle?>

Up until this spring I rode no matter what the weather and dried/cleaned/lubed­> only once a week. When I finally noticed (duh!) what an awful beating the bike> was taking I stopped riding in wet.

You mean comfrey? I think it's also known as "blackwort".