Yesterday, we got heavy rain instead of heavy snow, though it's still going to be cold this week. To a bicycle nut and full-time bicycle commuter like me, this is progress. Soon, I will be riding my cyclocross bike through the woods to do some birding with the
Zeiss Victory 8x20 compact binocular, though I may opt, now and then, for a slightly larger 8x32, such as the
Nikon 8x32 SE. The key, in all bicycle adventures, is to keep weight to a minimum. How does a bike nut do astronomy, then? With a
7x50 astronomy binocular and star map tucked away in a backpack, of course. One of our local astronomy clubs meets at a nature center within bicycling distance. I'll let someone else bring the big telescopes.