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lol bikes.
Due to rain & tearing the shit out of my knee, it's been a while since I've ridden a bike.
Bike trip 3: Identical route to bike trip 1 EXCEPT that this time I lowered the seat a notch compared to my previous two rides, and it's now the perfect height. I was able to touch the ground with my feet, making it possible to bike through intersections & etc. I felt much more confident.
I find walking very boring, but don't really feel the same way about biking. I wish it was easier to get more places in town via flat routes/away from cars.
Still, there are places I can get to that I haven't gone yet, I think.
I wish there were b-cycle stations in all the places I want to go. A solution to this would be getting my own bike. But paying for b-cycle is attractive to me because it's only $20 for an entire year, and I don't have to worry about lights or maintenance or etc. I just bring my helmet & the bikes are good to go.
The B-cycle app on my phone has been helpful, too. You can use it to check nearby stations to see how many bikes are available, & how many docks are open. This relieves some "OMG what if I go there and there's not even a bike?!" freakouts.
There are lots of other bikers out now, too.
Due to rain & tearing the shit out of my knee, it's been a while since I've ridden a bike.
Bike trip 3: Identical route to bike trip 1 EXCEPT that this time I lowered the seat a notch compared to my previous two rides, and it's now the perfect height. I was able to touch the ground with my feet, making it possible to bike through intersections & etc. I felt much more confident.
I find walking very boring, but don't really feel the same way about biking. I wish it was easier to get more places in town via flat routes/away from cars.
Still, there are places I can get to that I haven't gone yet, I think.
I wish there were b-cycle stations in all the places I want to go. A solution to this would be getting my own bike. But paying for b-cycle is attractive to me because it's only $20 for an entire year, and I don't have to worry about lights or maintenance or etc. I just bring my helmet & the bikes are good to go.
The B-cycle app on my phone has been helpful, too. You can use it to check nearby stations to see how many bikes are available, & how many docks are open. This relieves some "OMG what if I go there and there's not even a bike?!" freakouts.
There are lots of other bikers out now, too.
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If/when I decide to buy my own bike, I will let you know! I'm not totally there yet.
I was surprised to learn that B-cycle bikes actually do have gears! There are three different speeds. Definitely not the variability of the 10-speed I had growing up, but still better than I expected, bahaha.
Re: Age of Steam Tech to the Rescue
Ah, you rode when you were younger. I'm sorry, I thought I was talking to an adult newbie and I was being too kind. *breaks out the blades*
Fuck I wouldn't ride on Univ if still could. City of Madison Traffic Dept has a highly inflated opinion on the stopping power of paint. Especially when you're vise-gripped between airbrains texting while driving and ten ton buses.
Re: Age of Steam Tech to the Rescue
It does make me glad for the bike paths that exist.
As for past!biking, it has been over a decade (I think??), and biking in suburbia is totally different than doing so here. There it was always to meet my friends in this park with a creek in it, never for errands. Tho I guess it's true that I used to for some of the same reasons now - just to get outside, to go somewhere faster than I can get by walking, etc.