I rode my bike to campus on Sunday. Core-man escorted me, rode around the park for awhile, and then picked me up to escort me home. And boy did I need him! I can still barely keep the contraption upright, let alone use arm signals for turns or look over my shoulder to check for traffic.
With Corey as my guide, however, I managed to change gears and ride pretty smoothly. We even turned left from Penn onto Negley (very busy and scary streets, in my opinion!) and crossed 5th Avenue. It felt really great to make my own schedule to leave rather than wait for the 71A. It felt really good to use my own energy to travel to school. Most of all, it felt amazing to pedal smoothly through the sunshine, panting like a buffalo while Corey pushed me up the hills on his fixed gear.
One day soon, I'm going to be unstoppable.
After years of nomadic temporary employment, advanced degrees, and chocolate ice cream, a rugger with a love of knitting and a cyclist with no domestic skills signed a Ketubah and bought a house in Pittsburgh.
6 comments:
What is the point of a single-speed?
What's the deal with riding bikes and blogging about it?
I agree with Jane... write something cool... who cares about bikes... I still fall off them. :P
~Val
I what you to go back to riding the bus. Your blog is better with the bus people:+)
no, keep riding - i want you to pick my old toothbrush out of the trash to clean your bike, too. and wear pink arm warmers when you ride in october. and hold an umbrella over your bike when it's raining - while you get wet. and put the luggage on the roof so your bike can go in the car....you silly bike riders!
yay for biking to work!
i second em's question - what is the point of a single speed bike?
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