Rain, Rain, Rain...

Friday morning, the tail wind was very helpful and I made the 11 miles in about 40 minutes.
 Beautiful weather all day on Friday. Then, right when I'm about to leave work, it starts storming. This is normal for here. And it's usually a light drizzle, but this time it was very windy and quite rainy. Thank goodness I have marmot gear. They do not pay me to say this, but their stuff is great. Putting on my rain pants was a tad bit discouraging since they seemed to have magically shrunk a bit. Nah, kidding, I've put on like 10 pounds over the winter, like always. Anyway, Marmot is terrific gear and I was completely dry and comfy beneath the rain. It was taking me three times longer to pedal back because of the headwind, so my fiancee very sweetly retrieved me from the edge of town. I have sailed most of my life, so wind doesn't really bother me, in itself. But when I'm trying to do in a straight line and it is making me quake in my journey. I wasn't about to be stubborn. Also, when someone is so considerate, I try not to dispel that.
I was riding a loaner bike from Paradise Creek bicycles while my bike was getting new cables run and everything tuned up for the season. Note to self: Need to buy chain lubricant.
Honestly, I don't know all that much about bikes. I'm picking up pieces here and there. I need to start cleaning my bike more, I know that. It's so nice having the outside creek trail, but the street sweepers of Moscow are a shy species, not prone to come out of hibernation until May. There is a lot of crap on the roads right now. Every day I get splattered with sludge. I'm only on the road for less than half a mile. Everything else is trail.
anyway, all that crud is getting on my bike, so I need to get in the habit of wiping it down a couple times a week at least.
I'm learning. I've been focusing on the human machine side of biking 100 miles a week, but I'm sure 100 miles a week is not all that easy on the bike, either.
I have yet to give it a name... I feel like I should. I name freakin everything.
some ideas, in no particular order:
1. White Light
2. Silver Pull-it
3. Pedaling Salesman
4. (I love terrible puns, can you tell?)
5. Ge-pedal-o
6. Moby Click. The White Bike.
Eh, I'll think of more late.
time for me to do something else.