Same old, same old
06-05-02, 11:37 AM
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Same old, same old
I get tired of the same old bike route. I like to change it around, explore other areas. Keeps it interesting.
All my experience with trying other routes has made me somewhat knowledgable. Now I can often just look at a sidestreet and tell you if it actually goes anywhere, or where it does end up.
All in all, my journeys have convinced me of one truth: there is more than one way to skin a cat! (I am glad most motorists passing through don't know where any of these sidestreets go. I'd rather leave them in their misery, figuratively speaking, of course, so I can have the quiet roads mostly to myself.)
All my experience with trying other routes has made me somewhat knowledgable. Now I can often just look at a sidestreet and tell you if it actually goes anywhere, or where it does end up.
All in all, my journeys have convinced me of one truth: there is more than one way to skin a cat! (I am glad most motorists passing through don't know where any of these sidestreets go. I'd rather leave them in their misery, figuratively speaking, of course, so I can have the quiet roads mostly to myself.)
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06-05-02, 04:56 PM
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I am always amazed when I detour up a sidestreet to find that a whole new world exists.
We can pass the same area every day and never know the interesting places that exist just metres away.
On a bike, we can explore. Car drivers will never experience that kind of thing. They're too busy trying to force their way through traffic to get to their destination.
We can pass the same area every day and never know the interesting places that exist just metres away.
On a bike, we can explore. Car drivers will never experience that kind of thing. They're too busy trying to force their way through traffic to get to their destination.
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Alternate routes are a great way to relieve the monotony of the ride. My commute would be a straight six miles, except for the alternate routes, that afford me double and triple the mileage, I can get a 50 mile day in easy.
I was a bit perplexed the other day, as my alternate was rather busy, I tried to figure out what the attraction was, there are no houses, no shops, malls, or anything, but it was busy, and I'd taken it to avoid traffic. I had as much traffic as if I hadn't bothered.
I was a bit perplexed the other day, as my alternate was rather busy, I tried to figure out what the attraction was, there are no houses, no shops, malls, or anything, but it was busy, and I'd taken it to avoid traffic. I had as much traffic as if I hadn't bothered.
