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*Sigh* Dreams of the day when I can live somewhere where I can ride to work *Sigh*
Karinofnine - Member
... it IS, my idea was to balance all those "cycling is so dangerous/ near miss" stories with hundreds of reports of cycle journeys that went well.I mean, you hear about one fatality (which is very sad) but the news reader never says "And in today's news, 1 million cyclists rode to work, they all had a really nice time, and no-one got knocked off their bike".
Got you. Well, I've never been killed, and had hundreds of nice days out.
honourablegeorge: I've never been killed either! Coincidence 🙂
I got a bit wet yesterday but luckily I'm not made of sugar and anyway I soon dried out, I didn't "catch [my] death of cold" either (something I hear often from the non-cyclists at work).
got fed up with relying on public transport...took nearly 90 minutes to get home last night (6 mile journey) including waiting 45 minutes in the cold waiting for the stupid bus...while the wife phones me to ask "where the hell are you?!"
cue the reason to fix the bike up
rode into work today...temp on phone said -3.
face felt like a sheet of ice, water in the camelbak tubes was colder than ice, toes started to curl, finger tips numb (endura strikes-absolutely useless!!), speedo stopped working.....
but boy did it feel good!!
my work colleagues think i'm bonkers!!
Rode the trails on Sunday in brilliant sunshine, enjoyed the sections we'd spent Saturday fixing, bumped into two people I knew, had a nice bacon roll at a cafe full of mountain bikers, ran into someone else who I went riding with ages ago and had a nice chat, and saw a kingfisher by the river on the way.
I watched the sun rise and rode into work chatting happily to my wife, yeah my hands were really cold and I should have used full lengths not 3/4's but it gave me a reason to swear lots when I got to work, and I really like a good swear!
Yesterday: sunshine, blue skies, me & mah dawg. (bit too muddy, but hey ho)
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Since I started mtbing many years ago I've seen and been to places I never would have if it weren't for my bike .
I've also met some great people and have many happy memories, cycling is fantastic .
She then kept squeezing it on and off for the rest of the journey.
hope you weren't driving 😯
I look forward to my commute because I do it by bike. I enjoy getting out into the hills even more.
The pain fills my void and the pleasure encourages my soul to soar..
And if I didn't ride I would have the legs of an hirsute 11 year old girl with knobbly knees
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This week I have walked to work instead of cycling and although its still exercise, it not the same as cycling. When I ride I dont feel sluggish and dont feel guilty about stuff I eat and drink. One day I was struggling on the last bit of a climb and an old chap (walking down the hill) started clapping and said "go on!, almost there-keep going". Made me feel great and I raced the last bit to work. 🙂