Originally posted by Steele-Bike
Every day when I am pumping up the hill on the way home from work, I think about my friends here at BikeForums. I just don't feel as if the speeding motorist appreciate the effort I put in...cranking up the hill into a headwind. So, I am giving each and everyone of you a big thanks (and a hug, if you want one) for cheering me on every time I get on my bike.
I am
still the only bicycle commuter among hundreds of employees where I work. This is not a complaint, though, it's kind of like bragging! But this thread reminded me how for years I did my cycling largely alone and without support. Even my wife battled me over cycling related issues until very recently. Go figure!
So now, judging by the responses to this thread alone, it's interesting to note the friends I've gathered from all over the world. What a contrast to before I found this website, when I was happy in my craft, but thought myself as alone as a man on an island paradise! Now I find "we" are everywhere!
On this thread alone, there are people from:
Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Jeff City, Missouri, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Northwest California, USA (amongst the redwoods)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Malta, Europe
This of course does not include the many others who have not replied to this thread. May I say, along with that malevolent little genius of a mouse in that funny cartoon, "Pinky and the Brain," as he repeats his daily Mission Statement:
"Today, we're going to take over the World."