Hot in Los Angeles

The morning ride at 6am is ok, but coming home at 4pm is the pits. I dress for the ride so I have some heavy clothing on and it gets pretty hot if you are sitting in traffic. I have been splitting lanes when I come up to red lights (If people leave enough room) and that saves me some time on my commute home. I notice some drivers move out of my way and it seems others are oblivious or just plain want to cut off my path between the cars. Oh well.........
My new front tire is great, the old one was getting old and wore out weird as I think the previouse owner(s) did not ride with proper inflation. For the items I don't want to attempt to repair/replace myself I use Glendale Honda, it is a small family owned shop and they and they are very fair and do great work. I got my front tire replaced while I waited last week after work, can't beat that.

The road less traveled

This morning I decided to alter my route to work, just for the fun of it. My normal ride in the morning takes me from my home in Glassell Park through Silver Lake and south of Hollywood along Beverly Drive to Highland and then south to the Miracle Mile area on Wilshire Boulevard. This morning I decided to take San Fernando Road south to the Chinatown area, then downtown to 2nd street, into the 2nd street tunnel (you've seen it a thousand times in movies etc) and then left on Beaudry and right on 6th and then crossing over to Wilshire and through Koreatown to work. I found this morning's ride very nice as it afforded me long stretches of open road (San Fernando etc) and a change of scenery. I leave for work as close as 6am as I can, so at that hour in the morning traffic is very light in Los Angeles, it is also a lot cooler than my 4pm commute home. I might look for some other routes to try soon, I like the change.