The lure of a sunny day
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bicyclesOne of the cycling blogs I read linked to this great article in the Times Online:
Cycling should be dull, not an extreme sport
It was a marvellous day here today, sunny and warm and breezy. I cycled to my lunch date and when the time came, didn't want to go home so I set off around the bike paths. Eventually knees and bladder outvoted me! At a cycle crossing, a lycra lad smiled at me and said, 'Isn't it a brilliant day?' We were waiting for our crossing lights, watching a near jam of cars crawling past us and I have to say, I felt extremely superior in my mode of transport. Likely I will feel less so in a couple of months when the drivers are in their snug dry capsules and I am flexing my fingers to warm them up and wishing the lights would change so I could get back into the lee of buildings and out of the wind again!
Cycling should be dull, not an extreme sport
It was a marvellous day here today, sunny and warm and breezy. I cycled to my lunch date and when the time came, didn't want to go home so I set off around the bike paths. Eventually knees and bladder outvoted me! At a cycle crossing, a lycra lad smiled at me and said, 'Isn't it a brilliant day?' We were waiting for our crossing lights, watching a near jam of cars crawling past us and I have to say, I felt extremely superior in my mode of transport. Likely I will feel less so in a couple of months when the drivers are in their snug dry capsules and I am flexing my fingers to warm them up and wishing the lights would change so I could get back into the lee of buildings and out of the wind again!
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Date: 2010-04-18 03:07 am (UTC)It sounds like you had a marvelous day on your bike, and so did I! I rode my new Dutch bike out for coffee with my mom, and a stop at the grocery store revealed to me a big old gaping hole in my wallet where my debit card is supposed to be.
So I came home, retraced my steps, and realized that I must have left the card in the ATM that's in my office building. I got on Clyde, my lighter-weight bike, and rode downtown where, lo and behold, my debit card was at the security desk. \o/
Riding home, I actually chose the bike lane on the busy riverfront boulevard over the multi-use path in the park, because a sunny Saturday brings out the inexperienced pedestrians who only come downtown occasionally, and haven't the first clue about keeping to the right--not even a little. I'm all about the slow, leisurely bike-riding, but some days I actually feel safer in car traffic than around kids, dogs, lovers ignoring the world, and skateboarders, you know?
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Date: 2010-04-18 05:22 am (UTC)I'm glad you tracked down your card.