Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
It is pleasant to have such disjointed thoughts, isn't it? And I wouldn't expect so. Weird, huh?
You ride 32 miles round trip every day? Damn.
A large part of my commute is on a path along the river, which runs through parks. A lot of people are out for walks and riding bikes and jogging. They're wearing their exercise clothes, and I think about how good all those people look.
I worry a lot about what could go wrong on the ride. I could encounter a bad driver. It might rain. I might become exhausted. And then none of these things happens, and I feel triumphant.