{"id":33,"date":"2007-05-17T21:42:35","date_gmt":"2007-05-18T02:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/17\/bike-to-work-day-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-05-17T21:42:35","modified_gmt":"2007-05-18T02:42:35","slug":"bike-to-work-day-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/17\/bike-to-work-day-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike to Work Day 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 50-year-old
\nLeague of American Bicyclists<\/a> have declared May as “Bike
\nMonth”.  In particular, for most parts of the country, “National
\nBike to Work Day” is tomorrow, Friday May 18:  you have been
\nalerted & can participate!<\/p>\n

Apparently, though, the folks in the SF Bay area like to be a litte
\nahead of everyone else, and recognized today, Thursday May 17, as Bike
\nto Work Day… with a ripple effect out to those of us working for SF
\nBay Area HQ’ed companies in far-flung parts of the country.<\/p>\n

\"BikeAtWork\"<\/p>\n

<\/big>This is my bike.  This is my
\ncube.  Any questions? \ud83d\ude09<\/big> <\/p>\n

Certainly, the lobby ambassador had none as I slithered up to her to
\ncheck in!<\/p>\n

Really, it was a lovely day for it — no rain, nice temperatures. 
\nAnd I’m fortunate that 2\/3 of the route follows a recreational
\ntrail.  So, the ride in was all deer and rabbit and turtle and
\nground hog, except for the last few miles of negotiating along the edge
\nof various concrete seas.  Though the backback was a bit much —
\nit just about overset me on a few occasions.  (I rather suspect
\nthat I looked like this<\/a>
\nfrom behind \ud83d\ude09 ).<\/p>\n

The ride home was perhaps more of a slog and a little less charming —
\nthe recreational trail was populated by more dog-walkers and other
\nrandom folk, who were random obstacles to be navigated around. 
\nAnd then there were the flocks of shiny-clad cycle clubs who swooped by
\n(for whom I was a random obstacle to be navigated around).  
\nI don’t think it was *just* because they were on road bikes (not a
\nmountain bike), didn’t have a 20lb backback to slew their center of
\ngravity, and hadn’t already done this once already today that they had
\nthe tour de force advantage!<\/p>\n

Heh.  I am not an athlete (this is not news!).  But I did up
\nand decide to pump up the tires on the bike I hadn’t ridden in 18
\nmonths, ride (just over 19mi) to work, and then rode (just over 19mi)
\nhome, so I think I’m doing okay.<\/p>\n

And, if you’ll pardon me, I’m going to hike over to  a soft and
\ncushy chair for a bit…!<\/p>\n

For those of you living outside the SF Bay Area, in the States — your
\nturn, tomorrow! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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