Yesterday it rained all morning. Then it suddenly just stopped, the sun came out, and everything started to dry up. Not only that - it was incredibly warm. I think it actually broke into the 70's. For Wisconsin in late October, that is practically unheard of. So I decided to take the bike out for one last ride. Did I mention that it was windy too? I'm not talking about a steady wind from a single direction. I'm talking about the kind of wind that blows one way for one second, than blows in the completely opposite direction the next second.

So after being almost blown over three times, almost losing control on wet leaves, almost getting side swiped by a passing car... I'm calling it quits. I went out and bought a cheap tire to put on the back wheel, and I'm putting the bike on my trainer for the winter. I'll be doing my riding indoors until the spring.