Freeze/thaw and cycles

On Saturday I got in my second (cue trumpets) OUTSIDE ride in Burlington this year. A balmy 32 degree day had me ecstatic, and I was further relieved to see that my tire pressure held well enough over the 3 weeks since my previous outdoor ride that I didn't have to deal with my pump. I have this problem with bike maintenance - I just don't like to do it and I can't seem to get over it. The tire pumping thing is a personal issue that I have yet to work out, partially because I'm somehow convinced that training on uninflated tires will make me feel faster on race day (possibly true, but what good does feeling faster do me?). Part of the problem with bigger repair projects is that everything has to come into the apartment, because it's just too cold on my uninsulated porch to be able to do any work out there. Dirty bikes in the apartment means dirty apartment, which means more work for me. So I've decided to avoid my bike repairs by searching for a senior seminar topic, while it rains outside and literally melts away my alternative workout option. I also have a serious problem with riding a trainer for very significant lengths of time, so I've been doing a whole lot of xc skiing. But unless it's miracurously snowing a few miles down the road, I better hope it stays warm or I'll be stuck on the trainer, in which case I'll probably resort to bike repairs to avoid my workout. Here's to either warm weather or a heck of a lot more snow.