Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
makes me feel like a super hero and jet pilot at the same time
Hi rr6,
I posted this reply below, to a thread, "Convincing People that I Chose to Bike to Work"
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
...I have thought on occasion that I feel pumped up, virtually "heroic" on my arrival. As I stride down the hall in my cycling clothes wearing my helmet, I think about that scene in
The Right Stuff when the new seven Mercury Astronauts are striding down the hall, partially silhouetted in their space suits and helmets, with the Hallelujah chorus playing on the soundtrack…[see the end of the movie trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuR1p7UdI2Y, or google it, The Right Stuff]
Which received these two replies:
Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Wow, "bicycle lifestyle", feeling heroic after a ride, etc? Really?
I just thought it was a sensible way to get to work. Paying for gas to haul 3000 pounds of steel around with me doesn't really make that much sense...
Originally Posted by
coffeecake
Personally I like to wear a cape and sprinkle smugness and fairy dust as I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee amongst the unwashed masses.
