okay, so i am now on day 3 of riding my bike to work. i know what you are thinking...i have had my bike for a full 5 working days. well you can call me a fair weather rider. no fenders on the bike yet so i am riding on the nice days.
thursday - first day 15 minutes to work and 37 minutes to get home. riding 2.5 miles
i rode up s. jackson since the hill is pretty gradual. i am basically riding from the waterfront so 1st ave and need to get all the way up to 17th ave. riding on s. jackson from 1st ave to 14th ave is the biggest deal. i am riding on this street for at least 10 minutes and the hill is gradual but once you get to 17th its pretty much straight up. i walked my bike up the last 3 hills home. i know many of you know this hill i am talking about.
when i got home brian was waiting outside on the stoop with a beer in hand. he was so happy that i made it safely. when he asked how my bike ride was all i could do was sigh and catch my breath. as i was getting off my bike my shoes caught and i fell back on the grass with my bike. so now i have two big bruises on my leg. ouch!
this is my ride home.
friday - it rained.
sat / sun - rode it all weekend around the hill nothing too crazy but it feels great to get from point a and b without worrying about hills
monday and tuesday - awesome rides home. i managed to shave off 7 minutes from my commute home by not stopping on s. jackson st to catch my breath i just kept going. tuesday i actually rode my bike up one of the three big hills!
wednesday - rained.
you austin folk would be proud!
4.22.2009
the ride home
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i am incredibly proud and also incredibly jealous...brian was waiting on the stoop with a beer for you?! i also have two bruises on my leg, we are like bike bruise doppelgangers.
Oh man! How did you get those bruises? Not from the run in with that fixie man at south by?
The beer Brian was holding was the downfall though because when I fell, he couldn't help but only hold the beer. Haha.
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