commuting to uni

I planned for the worst-case but the journey was pretty much spot-on prediction. That put me on campus 25 minutes before class started. Breakfast was something to mull about. Originally I thought that the Subway $2 deal would be something good to take advantage of. However my optimised route bypasses any reasonable store with annoying efficiency.
Today I found traffic lights annoying. I think my previous journeys on foot and two wheels have had too-optimised paths and I'm not used to waiting for light changes. On the other hand, I think I'm becoming more confident with lane changing... funnily enough from being on a bike rather than in a car.
Two layers of clothing is more than enough and I found myself short on luggage stowage once the jacket came off. Riding with a tshirt with vest was quite a good compromise.
Hills remained annoyingly slow, with a instantaneous speed of around 10km/h. On flats I managed 35km/h. Downhill, but not today, I've managed 45km/h before my eyes water so much that I can't read the display.
Classmates enjoyed seeing the helmet-mounted mirror and remarked on the rear-weighting and the thinner tyres.
I'm not all that pleased about my front derailleur. It seems to fail in changing a fair bit. Cornering was a challenge with the full load.
All up it was quite a good first run. 48 minutes for a 11.5km run with full-load. That's pretty much the same as the bus ride with walking to the bus stop.