Spring and fall have the best weather in all respects except for figuring out what to wear for one’s bike commute.

Got on a bike today for the first time in months. COVID has shown the flipside of tying my exercise so closely to my commute.

Bike commuting today for the first time in 5 months, Also, commuting today for the first time in 5 months.

TIL that if you don’t keep an e-bike adequately charged, all of that fancy-but-heavy pedal assist equipment is as much of a liability for your commute as it usually is an asset.

Completed a flat-tire-halfway-to-campus bike commuter’s biathlon today.

Bike commuting adventure of the day: Finding all the places in my office where I can discretely hang up wet clothes from a rainy commute (thank goodness for my closet full of dry work clothes).

Sometimes, being a bike commuter means spending the first 30 minutes of your work day fixing a spring clasp on a pannier.

Hard to beat coming into the office with a post-bike commute endorphin rush. Doesn’t happen every morning, but it’s always welcome when it does.

Nothing reinforces my professorial credibility quite like the wet bike gear from my rainy commute draped over the chairs in my office.