Originally Posted by MyBikeGotStolen
Last saturday I went for a bike ride on a rail-trail by my house. The trail starts 5 miles from my house and goes for 15 miles then ends. So I RODE my bike the 5 miles there. Well on my way back from the turn around point I got a flat. A couple on nice road bikes luckily stopped to see if I was ok (good thing cuz I left my pump on my other bike
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Of course my cheap patch kit was having a little trouble patching my tube and we didnt know if it was gonna work or not so they asked my if I parked at the Boulware- Springs entrance (which is were I picked up the trail at) which was about 12 miles away. And I told them no, I was parked at my house. To which they both looked confused then the guy said "What do you mean you parked at home?". Of course is took a little explaining on the part that I actually rode my bike to somewere to ride my bike. Then at that point the woman said "oooooooh, thats neat that your rode your bike here!".
I dont know what the point of this post, but I just felt the need to share.
I think they were just confused by the obtuse way you stated it. Probably if you had just said "I rode my bike to the Boulware Springs entrance from home", nobody would have been confused.
Lots of people don't feel comfortable riding in traffic. Oddly enough, these people can usually be found on the bike trail.