I decided to man up and commute in today to assess the damage my time away from the bike has done. The initial prognosis is pretty crappy, I felt slow and far from smooth riding in this morning. The weather was about perfect in 70's and I was able to roll right out of my new apartment and onto the trail. That's where the positives ended. I was pretty frustrated about how slow I was feeling and the constant headwind wasn't doing me any favors.

One odd thing I noticed was that there were spots on my hand where I could feel callouses starting to disappear. I hadn't realized, but I guess riding without gloves the last few months has gotten my hands tougher. And with all other things, taking time off started to undo the progress I'd made.