Ride home for Tuesday, 02 January

Went to MEC at lunch and returned the Emitter light. I wanted to get an Emitter AL-X but they weren't in stock, they guy there found that a couple of the other stores had them and my best bet would be to order it by phone and it would be shipped to the Halifax store for free. I called the sales line when I got back to the office and it's going to be a week. The AL-X is pretty much the same as the Emitter I had before except the battery pack is a separate unit (so there's nothing to fall off), and the AL-X only has two levels of brightness instead of the 6 that the Emitter had - bit of a rip, as I quite liked being able to set the Emitter at level 3, giving me 30 hours or so of light.

Another crappy ride home, with a headwind most of the way. My mirror decided to fall off as I was bombing down Roslyn Road, it looks like the stem cracked this morning when I laid my bike down to hunt for the parts of the light on the road, and then finally gave out from vibration. It's only a cheap Canadian Tyre one, so I'm mildly surprised it's lasted me this long (it's actually cannibalised from a couple of others that I've killed over the years). I haven't found any other mirrors that I like that'll fit on my (extra wide and non-standard diameter) handlebars, though

Distance logged: 11.240km
Time: 45:49
Average speed: 14.7km/hr
Max speed: 42.5 km/hr
Temperature: -1C, 40km/hr winds gusting to 70km/hr, rain turning to snow
Cumulative distance: 22.683km
Cumulative cost per km: $-4.51
Monthly distance: 22.683km
Monthly cost per km: $-102.28