After falling back early Sunday morn, I’m now assured of commuting home in the dark every day. Last week there was a possibility of some light, now there is none. Seems like it is almost less of a bother when you know it will be dark. I have a solid quiver of lights, blinkers, reflectors, etc,…so it isn’t really that difficult to get prepared. I pretty much got my system set up over the last two years when I lived almost too close to work to bother riding. And don’t let the map fool you, I could just walk up those railroad tracks…maybe 500-550 yards. Now I have a solid 2.5 miler. Anyway, really enjoyed the ride home tonite, with the typical weird headlamp effect on the darkest parts of the bike path. The bike path runs an old railroad grade on the waterfront that adds a whopping 0.4 miles to the one way trip, but keeps you away from cars for 2/3 of the trip.
I really like the quiet of the bike path now that summer is past. There are plenty of bike commuters, but the runners and walkers and galkers are pretty much gone. Speed is easy to maintain.
Day one. Check.
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