Well, I said I was going to ride to work this week and I made it Mon and Tues – the rest of the week was icy enough to get me to order Nokian hakkapeliitta 240 40C studded tires for my cross bike – hopefully I’ll get them soon enough to put em to work at least once this season.

I’m sure several people made it out riding this weekend, but I didn’t see any of them during my travels. Saturday I made it just shy of 50, it would have been 70, but I stopped a Wheel Sport East and jabbered for a while. Rode south, went to the top of Bellavista, then up 27, explored a few roads south of town – managed to stay up right on an icy 30mph down hill – last time I hit that speed on this ride.

Out of the valley sun and into the frosty fog

My Sidi Police model shoes in desert camo (really black)

Sun I rode west river view into post falls and explored some more - don't bother with the centennial trail until it's much warmer. Then my youngest and I rode to drop off a DVD – his first real ride on his new Redline he got from Santa. 7 miles – his longest solo (he’s done 35 miles on dirt on the tandem) ride to date – and he was stoked.