Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - Got my mortician riding a bike

I am a pastor and a few months ago I officiated for a burial through a local funeral home. One of the funeral directors whom I have known for a dozen years, now, noticed I had dropped some weight and asked me about it. I told him no one was going to do it for me, so I started riding my bike again and was getting 100 miles a week most of the time. Last week I saw him from a distance. He looked quite a bit slimmer. A day later I saw him at the funeral home and said, "You are looking healthy!" He said, "I am doing what you are doing." He already had a mountain bike, but had not used it in a long while. He now also has a brand new Specialized commuter bike all decked out with lots of nice extras. He lives two miles from the funeral home, but takes an eight mile route on the way home at night. It was a good feeling to know I had some influence on him.

You've got my vote for the coolest yet strangest title in C&A :D

You've got my vote for the coolest yet strangest title in C&A :D

+1

Congratulations on being a good influence.

I have managed to scare my best friend into never touching a bicycle as long as she lives. My pedal bit my shin and left a couple of neat scars. When I described how I had to wiggle the pedal out of the cut because it kind of hooked itself into some skin, she went a little green. But every spring I try to convince her to give it a whirl!

I'm guessing your not doing Sunday morning rides. :p, great story.

I'm guessing your not doing Sunday morning rides. :p, great story.
I have done some Sunday morning rides, but they begin at 4:30 AM and last about 70 minutes. Then it is shower, dress, eat, go over a few things, and be at the church by about 8 AM to make sure everything is in place for when people begin to arrive about 8:50 AM. Sometimes I do Sunday afternoon rides, but only after my nap.

I was just wondering how someone can have a mortician and still be able to post on the internet.

*refrains from obvious life after death joke*

I was just wondering how someone can have a mortician and still be able to post on the internet.

In a certain sense it makes no sense. But, realize, too, that as a pastor I work with these guys several times a year and need a cordial relationship with them. While riding in the hearse with them to and from the cemetery we talk about our families, our vacations, our hobbies, things we have read, etc. Pastors come to have fairly close relationships with morticians, even though we may not see each other socially.

I wonder how practical it would be to have an all bicycle funeral when my time is up. Pulling my coffin might be a good workout.

Cremation would mean transporting only an urn filled with a few pounds of ashes.

I wonder how practical it would be to have an all bicycle funeral when my time is up. Pulling my coffin might be a good workout.

Does Ortlieb make pine panniers?

Does Ortlieb make pine panniers?

no, but I'm sure you could improvise :D

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Twobikes - that's awesome. Now you've just got to try and start cycling together with the rest of the congregation/future customers :eek:;)