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Well… bike feels right, brakes are good… hey, I gotta a green… OK, down the road past the next stop, and holy Toledo, another green… get inta left turn mode… check and…

Well she’s cute and blond… but does she see me… Noooo… didn’t think so… that’s it sweetheart, just pull a “right turn on red” right in front of me… and what… you’re gonna hog the right lane too… Hello… can I get over!!! Oh, she is staying in the right… What the hey… hammer down. Oh I see… she’s going to Krispy Kreem… Ain’t gonna stay cute that way darlin’. Jeeze guess they didn’t teach STOPPING at a red in that driver’s ed class you took last month eh? Sheesh… Head check and hammer down…

Well the little derailleur tweak and chain lube did me well… Man, I never go this fast here… cool. OK maintain the track, watch for the clown coming out of that driveway… Cars passing you fine… Head check… Cool… hammer down.

Ah, the downhill… and a Bike Lane… cruise… OK, the onramp, check, check again, pull out… smooth. Now the uphill… Ug. Hey, not too bad… using a higher gear… ahhhh lube. Whew, at the top and turn and position… watch out for the cars along here… dropping off their kiddies. Hold position… make ‘em go around and now… check, signal and check aaaand left turn position. Good.

Wait… long line of cars… Oh exhaust gas… how fun… why the heck do “all” cars have the exhaust at the right rear… Ug. Hey VC guys, waiting behind cars, sucks… Green, and go.

Oh, the coffee angel… gee blonde too… and still doing the sign dance… huh.

Look at that van up ahead… he doesn’t see me… dude is blind… Hey jerk… here I am in the middle of the lane and… oops knew it… pulled right out… OK I’ll just slip behind… but man I am staying right out here… Jeeze look at that… the pavement is just mangled along the right tire track… Bike lane is clean… but so far over… nobody will see me there… head check… good, clear… downhill. Zoom past this cyclist… shift and zoom zoom. Up hill… but I got speed man… go.

Wow, no traffic… pump and I can make the left turn lane…. Whew… no problemo… got the light too. Cruz and breath… Cool.

Whip the right and wow, still pumping good… higher gear too… and up to the light… my lane and stop. Now if a car would just come along an’ trigger this thing… hey good.

OK onward. Wow, no traffic again… cool. Left turn and right up ahead… watch for the big asphalt bump… jeeze on a new road too… sigh. OK, and position, headcheck and wow a green… Pump you fool… shift… watch that clown on the right and whoa… 26MPH cool… and stay your course… watch that intersection and wow… made that light too. OK, another left and cruz… catch breath… Up to Campus Point and into the left turn lane… this one here… Ahhhh… Wait for the green. Drink.

Wow, BMWs have the exhaust on the left… welllll thank you. Ooooo, Alumni of UCSD… blond too… hmmm.

OK green and go… ahhhh… long bike lane… down hill and no intersections… relax… On ramp coming up… and headcheck… move over… human speed bump time… Bet it freaks out cars seeing bikes in the freeway ramp… aaaand hold position until I get around this curve and over to the lane… good.

Watch for the drain grates… jeeze you’d think CalTrans would be smart enough to not put grates here… sheesh… time to merge back… head check, and wow, she is slowing down to let me in… totally cool… merge in and ug, more exhaust.

OK down the lane, hold the lane… good and whoa… another train Oh, The Coaster… OK… wait here. Water.

Green light and WTF… jeeze she’s looking for a tape or something… Head’s up sweetheart… (Horns honking… ) OK let’s go. Make the left and ahhhh flat… hammer down. Watch the driveways… and slow for the mangled corner… what a joke… need an SUV here… sheesh…

OK, head check, downshift, climb… check, hey no one behind me… get into the left turn and synchronize with all that oncoming traffic… there’s a break… get ready… Oh it’s Susanne… Yup… the “crazy guy on the bike” works with you… smile and climb the driveway. Here.
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