Originally Posted by swwhite
when I was 17, I wouldn't have considered riding a bike ten miles, or if I did, I would have considered it a great accomplishment
Heh... when I was a teenager, I LIVED on my bike. I'd regularly go out and spend 8 hours or more on rides, or ride 10 miles from my house to my friend's in the next town to visit. The best part was flying past the mountain bikers on the trails on my beat up old road bike.
They didn't have a chance... I could easily out pace them on the smooth parts, and the few rocky parts of the trails I'd just pick my bike up and carry it over, and still be moving faster than they were.
I find it quite amusing when I can do things on my bike, and accomplish them faster than my co-workers who are driving. (I don't have to try to find a parking spot!
) "You can't ride your bike down and deliver that!" "Umm... it takes me 10 minutes to get there, 10 minutes back, and I don't have to look for or pay for parking" "Oh."