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
I had two commutes today!
I've been feeling very tired, and when on the way to the blood center, the forecast had a chance of rain at any old time. So Citi Bike is perfect for that. If it gets too rainy, I can just switch to mass transit. The rain never really came. Since I was so tired, I took a Citi Bike ebike which I like to call Cit-E-Bike. I pay quite a bit extra to ride that, so it was a treat to myself. When docking it, out of curiosity, I lifted it an inch or so. Damn, it's at least 80 lbs. 5 miles round trip.
In the evening, I took my spouse's MTB to the coop. It was sitting in the barn upstate for years, and she wants to outfit it as a shopping bike so we brought it back to the City. It was really dirty. It turns out not to need much. I aligned the derailleur hanger and oiled the chain. It was nice to visit the bike coop where I used to volunteer regularly. I saw some old faces and a lot of new ones. People there have such cool custom-made bikes. 10 miles round trip.
rat count: zero!