Perilous Patches.

Nope, not the kind you create after riding through a field of goats heads.  Rather the slick little patch of ice left over from the weekends snow.  If your riding early in the day those last little remnants of snow and ice are still out there.  You know they are, hiding in the shadow of a building or where that nice tall oak shades the road. 

You're not thinking about them this morning because it's 42 degrees today and you're riding in your springtime gear!  In fact the sudden warm up in morning temperatures probably even has you out gunning through some turns since the bite of the weather isn't so cold.  All of a sudden as you lean into that turn, it's there....a patch of melting ice the size of a pizza.  Your Lance Amstrong inspired cornering turns into a power slide that a Japanese drifting fan would be proud of.  You might just be good enough to recover....or you might be enjoying some early season raspberry.

So remember to watch for the icy patches!  And enjoy the warm weather commute!