Bike Rides #6 & 7

[laceblade]

Should I stop numbering these?! idk.

For ride #6, I took a b-cycle to WisCon last Saturday. It solved my travel dilemmas for that day, helped me cool down when I was too hot, & let me look at one of the lakes. It was especially nice given that I was in a hotel most of the weekend.
This was my second trip using the bike elevator at the Terrace, & it went fine.

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#7 was errand-based.
I re-potted a bunch of stuff this morning, but I still needed 3 additional pots.
I also used up all my soil, & wanted some AA batteries so that I don't have to raid our Wiimote next time I want to use the Swiffer wet-jet.

SO. Got a bike & went to the hardware store at the opposite end of my neighborhood.
This was my first time using the bike lock that's embedded into the basket/handle.
The instructions heinously refer to the "male end" of the bike lock, omg. Anyway, I'm glad it pops out a key, & there's no code to remember!
The bike lock is super convenient. Maybe I'll use it for other things too, like stopping at the comic book store or etc.

Got everything I wanted, & went home.

This bike ride was exhausting for me. I went around 3pm, and it is about 75 F here today. Days like today are what make me hate boobs, people.

THAT SAID, I think I might need to purposely stick to mornings/evenings in the summer, so that I don't overheat.

Lately, whenever I bike lately, there are lots of people on the trail with me!


Ride the Drive is happening tomorrow, so I'm considering checking it out. I typically find this event a nuisance because it always happens when I need to run a car errand & I get trapped in my neighborhood -_-
The "Bike Avenue" stations look interesting.
B-Cycle rentals are free tomorrow, though, so I might not even be able to get a bike.
I've also heard that some hardcore bikers go & get mad at slower bikers :(
We'll see!

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

You are becoming a Real Biker!

Were you able to fit your pot in the front basket?

That "male/female" end jargon is ubiquitous in machinery of all sorts (including wiring, plumbing, piping, et cetera). Sticks out? Male. Hollows in? Female.

Jerk core bikers don't need a special layout to be jerks, sadly.

Does your helmet have a visor? Shading my eyes makes a big difference on the cool front. Also drinking a ridic amount of water.

[laceblade]

The pots were plastic & lightweight, so I had them in a cinch-bag (the one I bought from Thirtyone via my sister). The bag of soil was in the basket.

The helmet does have a plastic visor that clips on. I've never used it, though -_-

[wrdnrd]

I love reading about your bike adventures. It's making me yearn to pump up my tires and get back into riding mine. I rode so much the 1st few years Andy and i lived out here, because there wasn't much else to do and because it was really easy from our old apartment to get to one of the major bike trails (which i'd then bike for about a mile or so, then catch a bus back home). Now i'm busier and we live in a neighborhood that's hillier, busier, and overall more dangerous for biking (ahhh, university students just meandering willy-nilly across the street).

Maybe once my PORTFOLIO OF DOOM has been submitted and this horrible quarter has ended i'll haul out my bike (name: Beezus) and take her for a spin.

[laceblade]

I'm so glad that people are liking these entries! I'd feared they would be boring.
BEEZUS, omg.
I am pretty lucky to literally live next to a bike path - if I didn't, it'd be much harder for me to do even short trips, I think.