Spring Riding in January

Wednesday - Jan 3 - Biking 36 km

Woke up to a warm (-1) sunny day and rode to work. On the way home it was 4 degrees! Decided to try taking the bike path home because most of the snow seemed to have melted given the warm weather over the past few days. The path was still snowy. Decided to turn around after the first 50m and took Carling instead. Stopped by MEC to pick up a new rear light as my current one is having some problems. The new one has two standard flashing LEDs and a single 1/2 watt pulse LED flash which is extremely bright. It looks just like an emergency vehicle flasher. One of these days the cops are going to crack down on red flashing lights on bicycles (which are illegal). However, everyone uses them, and they are definately safer than steady lights. Until then I will continue with my civil disobedience in the name of my safety while riding at night.