Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 40,863
Likes: 3,115
From: Sacramento, California, USA
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Canyon Exceed, Specialized Transition, Ellsworth Roots, Ridley Excalibur
Convinced my wife to ride downtown with me today. We dropped her off at her office and I took the kids in the trailer to preschool before looping back to work. We left much later than I normally do and picked a fairly direct but lightly traveled route.
We rode alongside a guy on a recumbent for a few blocks, but seemed to be pretty timid of the street since he kept jumping on the sidewalk whenever he could. Of course the sidewalk in Midtown has tons of cracks from tree roots and driveway cutouts so he was bouncing all over the place. I looked over and thought he was going to throw his chain. I didn't say anything to him but instead kept up the chatter with the kids: Hey look at the garbage truck! Okay, train tracks--be ready for the bump!" Stuff like that.
Nice ride. On the way home we'll swing by the train station and Old Sac for a more scenic ride.