Around 15 miles again today.  34 or so at the start of the ride, 38 or so at the end.  Partly cloudy.  Same clothes as yesterday’s afternoon ride.  Feet cold after first half hour.  Head really sweaty at the end of the ride.  Comfortable otherwise.  I’m going to need to do something about the cold feet if I want to take longer morning rides in January and February.

I took the geared road bike today because bad weather is threatening for later, and the road bike has fenders and additional storage capacity for rain gear (side pannier).  Turns out I do have the same issue with this bike with the right shoe cover too close to the crank arm.  I guess I just never noticed it before.  Anyhow, when I get around to it I’ll adjust my cleat(s).

It was around 40 degrees for the ride home.  Left at 4:45 and had a little bit of light for the first half of the ride.  Wore exactly the same stuff as the morning, minus the arm warmers.  This would have gotten a bit warm if the ride had been longer, but it worked for the approx 8 mile trip home.

So, this is the first time I’ve ridden the fixed gear bike with shoe covers, and the right foot is a little too close to the crank arm, to the point where I can feel the crank when I’m pedaling.  I’m hoping I can correct this by adjusting the cleat.  My right foot is slightly larger than my left, so I occasionally have problems like this.  But I don’t have the problem on my geared road bike, so the cranks obviously have something to do with it too.  Both bikes have identical pedals (Look Keo) and I ride them with the same shoes.