Mr. Fall Downly....

... is back in town, heads up (or down).

should have seen it coming too. i even thought to myself during the commute this morning, "i've been cruising". this only crossed my mind because the roads have been so shitty, and until relatively recently i've been taking it pretty easy while riding.

well, as has happened the past couple years about this point in our winter, i get much more comfortable with cruising around in this crap.

this resulted in me flying around a, what appeared to be, clear (ie not icey) corner, with what is apparently too much momentum.

thanks to the hakkapeliitta mounted on my front wheel, is was about the most gentle "oh shit, here comes the tarmac" moment this past year (and there've been plenty).

am especially glad there wasn't a mini-van following me around that corner this time.