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I Want To Ride My Bicycle: Just Like Starting Over

Last year, I managed to commute via bike pretty much every day from late April to early October.  I managed to get into the best shape I’ve been in in decades.  It was great.

This year?  Ugh.  Not so much.

A family commitment left me driving to appointments early every morning for the past 11 weeks or so.  That squeezed out most daily biking, of course; I got in the occasional weekend ride, but riding once a week doesn’t have the same effect as being out there every single day.

But school’s back in session, and things are clipping along generally fairly well – so yesterday, it was back in the saddle.

And…ugh.  I feel like it’s mid-April all over again.  Although to my credit, I managed the end-of-day climb up Cathedral Hill without any huffing and puffing, so maybe I held up better than I thought.

Anyway – the plan is to ride every possible day until the weather makes it utterly impossible – and by utterly, I mean “drifts over my 27″ wheels”. 

Or at least that’s what I mean at the moment.


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19 responses to “I Want To Ride My Bicycle: Just Like Starting Over”

  1. Dog Gone Avatar
    Dog Gone

    Its hard to even imagine drifts on a day as beautiful as this one.
    We should all push back from the computer and go enjoy this while we can.
    Good for you for being so dedicated.

  2. LearnedFoot Avatar

    You are such an earthy-mossy patchouli-reeking granola-munching tree hugger!

  3. Jeff Kouba Avatar

    From Queen to John Lennon, eh?

    How about Imagine There’s No Fat-Bottomed Girls

  4. Kermit Avatar
    Kermit

    Foot, I can picture Berg in his tie-dyed t-shirt, peddling along, NPR blaring from his handlebar radio.

  5. Johnny Roosh Avatar

    From Queen to John Lennon, eh?

    How about Imagine There’s No Fat-Bottomed Girls

    Kooooooooooooouba!!!!!

    Dammit!

    You beat me to it.

    Foiled again.

  6. angryclown Avatar
    angryclown

    That’s one tricked-out ride you’ve got there, Mitch.

    http://snipurl.com/rvrr1

  7. bubbasan Avatar

    In about 12 days, I get to ride again…moving from 60 miles from work to 2 miles from work. Hopefully soon I won’t look like an overweight Taurus driver…..

  8. angryclown Avatar
    angryclown

    Two miles, Bubba? No offense, that’s hardly even a long walk.

  9. Johnny Roosh Avatar

    That’s one tricked-out ride you’ve got there, Mitch.

    http://snipurl.com/rvrr1

    Ummmmm, that’s your bike, AC. I can tell by the frilly accessories.

  10. angryclown Avatar
    angryclown

    The “I know you are but what is Mitch?” riposte, J.R.? You have to do better than that if you don’t want to surrender the title “The Poor Man’s Mitch Berg” to that guy with a “passion for heirloom tomatoes.”

  11. Johnny Roosh Avatar

    Gimme a break. I’m commenting between client calls.

  12. Kermit Avatar
    Kermit

    That’s rich coming from the guy who’s only response to valid points about Obama is “What about Bush? You guys are all wingnut bigots!”

  13. Terry Avatar
    Terry

    Angry Clown, a man would have to have a lot of confidence in his masculinity to ride a bike like that. Or to wear a dress while riding it, for that matter.

  14. Jeff Kouba Avatar

    Foiled again.

    *cackles and twirls handlebar moustache*

  15. bubbasan Avatar

    AC: yes, but it beats no ride at all.

  16. Mitch Berg Avatar
    Mitch Berg

    You know how hard you gotta look for the fringe and the My Little Pony chain-guard?

  17. Kermit Avatar
    Kermit

    And if that fringe has any lead content you are violating federal law.

  18. bubbasan Avatar

    Lead is actually how they get PVC to be flexible. So yes, Mitch’s hot new ride (and the one I’m dreaming of, of course) probably violates federal law.

    AC, you’re right. 2 miles is hardly a good walk, but it’s more than I’m getting now. Call this our second agreement this year, after “the Mets suck”.

    (of course, as a Cubs fan, I say that EVERY year, even if the Mets make the playoffs or–God forbid–win the series)

  19. Terry Avatar
    Terry

    AC, you’re right.
    Clever use of the ‘bubbasan’ alias, Angry Clown. For a minute there I believed it wasn’t you.

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