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May 15, 2008
National Bike Month
May is National Bike Month. It's halfway over and I just found out.
I started the month off well enough by buying a new bike (and, soon, I'll go on about it more) and then sort of dropped the ball. Not by design, things just happened; and, like I said, I didn't even know about National Bike Month until just the other day.
This past week was Bike to Work Week. It was also a week I had the boys and with boys come things like stinky shoes and midday trips to school to take care of things. Yesterday was the only day I could have ridden and it was rainy or rainy looking. If I ride today (which is Bike to Work Day), and I'll post this at midnight and won't know by then, I'll have to take the boys to school then go home and get the bike and start my ride then.
I really want to ride as I need to get some more time on the bike as I don't think it's fitted to me the way it should be just yet and tomorrow evening would be a good time to take it to the shop. I'd like to try for a 50-mile ride on Saturday.
Bicycle Magazine just had an article on the best biking cities in the nation and I took a look to see if Columbus was listed; I think the area is fairly bicycle friendly. We weren't in the top 10 but did receive an honorable mention. The most exciting thing about this for the city, I think, is that Columbus was mentioned as simply Columbus not Columbus, Ohio; and Columbus so dearly wants to be a one-name entity… like Cleveland, Cincinnati, Boston and Cher.
I read about National Bike Month in The Other Paper and they were kind enough to mention in their article that bicycles have just as much right on the road as autos. I'm not sure that drivers are always aware of that. (I also found out I'm saving Columbus. Well, Hilliard I guess. And I think there's a good bit of BS there.)
(As I say above I live in Hilliard which rubs up against Columbus' backside like an intoxicated prom date so my bicycle-friendliness feeling may be misplaced. One Letter to the Editor, written to The Other Paper in response to their Bike Month piece, mentioned getting discouraging yells from drivers; his wife had the same experience. Maybe he should chase them down.)
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Posted by delmer at May 15, 2008 11:32 PM
Comments
Kudos for recognizing National Bike Month Delmer. I don't ride to work anymore since I retired, but I used to everyday- 11 km each way. Excellent stress relief after a rough day!
May I post a link to my favorite biking blog?
http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com
This guy is in his 60s. What an inspiration!
Posted by: Bill at May 16, 2008 2:25 AM
Bill, thank you for the link. It looks like I caught the guy at the end of his adventure but I'm going to read through the blog.
I just went home at lunch to retrieve the bicycle. I took the long way to work and came in at 3.99 miles. It was rainy this morning, and I had to drop the kids off at school, so I had to do a modified Ride to Work.
Posted by: delmer at May 16, 2008 2:22 PM