In Which I Ride In Comfy New Shoes

New shoes, last week. I rode my mountain bike to campus. For some reason, the slight variation in angle makes it look like I have two different colors of shoes on, but I don't.

The past week of bicycling has been surprisingly good. After an extended early winter cold snap, some pretty autumn weather came for a visit just before a wet and cold Thanksgiving break.

Well, it could be worse. We have chilly rain to deal with, and may see some snowflakes in the morning, while north and west of here, they’re seeing much more than “some” snowflakes.

My riding Monday and Friday—both pretty, cool, sunny days—was on my hybrid bike, my usual work ride. Clarence is fine. I’ve been on edge riding that bike a bit lately—I broke a spoke a few weeks ago, and the bike shop mechanic warned me that it could be a sign of things to come. So far, so good.

Monday--much of this week, when it was damp, I parked in the hall by my office. Nice to have a sunny day to park the bike outside.

Half of my rides were on the Fancy Beast mountain bike—there were a few dampish days where it was not too wet to ride, but if the weather is not nice, I switch to my winter bike. And my wife was kind enough recently to pick me up some comfy new sneakers. When I ride the hybrid bike, I usually wear my bicycling shoes, but there are no bike clips on the mountain bike.

Which is fine. I’ve either enjoyed sunny, quick rides or slower, comfy shoe rides. I drove today due to forecast afternoon rain, which indeed showed up, but all in all, I’ve thankful this Thanksgiving for, among other things, a nice fall to enjoy the outdoors as I cycle to and from work.