Haha: "not easy to drink from" means that it's a screw-top bottle. While I unscrew tops off of bottles with one hand at work, that seems a little sketchy to do while I ride and with large gloves on. However, there's nothing stopping me from finding and buying a real water bottle this weekend, the kind you can open up with your mouth. Or I could just put my platypus in my backpack.

I'm also going to buy a larger windbreaker this weekend. The one I currently have is more for spring, isn't waterproof, and doesn't have enough room under it for all the layers I need without making me feel "stuffed".

Helga, I also enjoyed the image of you flying down hills screaming brrr.

Today and tomorrow I wasn't/am not able to bike for other reasons, but I will bike on Thursday and let you all know how it goes.