In Which I Wish for More Riding in the Lion-Lamb Month

Student plays chess in U Center during Bike Club Club Friday. The room was empty as it was soon to be decorated for Vegas Night--I rode my bike that day and did take a few spins around the U Center. Don't tell anybody.

My wife found some bike bling on sale earlier in February, and picked up some new string lights, a license plate that has my name on it, and one with a grandson’s name.

She also got some regular lights, and I actually used a set as secondary lights on the mountain bike for one of my rare rides in February.

There were only a few bicycle rides this month. I honestly was tempted to ride today, but lately the streets have been so narrow with snow, and there was snow in the forecast, that I didn’t. February has been what January more commonly is—a hiatus from bicycle riding, partly due to cold, but more due to snow and ice.

Morning sunshine early in February--I drove that day and am about to walk up the hill.

I can dress for cold, but that does nothing about friction or lack of it.

Still, there are some signs that better biking days are ahead. The Mount Mercy Bike Club hosted a Club Friday recently, and plans are to take the bikes in for service soon. The cold has been persistent this odd winter, and another polar vortex is arriving with March to vex us, but at least the sun is in the sky for much, much longer.

I don’t want to jinx it on this final day of a very cold and snowy February, but I believe that there will be more biking for me in March—once the vortex is gone. At least, I hope so!

Afternoon shadows on the deep, deep snow on campus late in the month. Good news, however, is that it would have been dark in December or January at this time of day.