Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 44,340
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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
I shipped a bike frame out today in a big box. I put my stuff in my backpack, carried the big box in one hand and a big bag of shirts in the other hand. I dropped the shirts off at the cleaner and quickly grabbed a taxi to the Fedex place. I asked myself if I should take the subway or Citi Bike to work. I tried Citi Bike, though it's a big distance to ride on such a heavy tank of a bike. I rode west (out of the way) to the river and faced fierce headwinds. It's cold, and there was a guy on the path on roller blades going the other way wearing no shirt. The headwinds made it clear it was going to be too much of a struggle, and I probably would have been charged overage for the time on the bike, so I rode back towards the center of the island and caught the subway. After 3.2 miles on the bike, I was 1.4 miles from where I started. Well, I got some time on a bike, so that's OK. And I got to work early since I left home super early.