August 16, 2010
[Cyclists]
In Vancouver there are cyclists and people who commute using bicycles. Cyclists wear lycra shorts and matching lycra shirts, you can't call them spandex!
No one likes cyclists and commuters often get mistaken for cyclists. I don't see how hard it could be, we don't wear spandex! I mean lycra!
I remember being just a pedestrian and not liking cyclists either because they always zoomed right by and had no courtesy to slow down. Cyclists always almost hit you when they pass by. Recently, Ty and I have looked into getting bikes so that when we're out and about, we get around town a lot quicker so we see more. Makes sense! Rollerblading doesn't work coz I'd have to keep taking them off. Skating's a bit slow and dangerous. Cycling just seemed to make sense.
I pulled out the old bike from our shed, cleaned it up and put more air in the tires. Day one was a 5 hour long bike ride down Broadway to look at more bikes which then turned into a ride down the seawall at Stanley Park.
In that one day, I got honked at a couple times, I had people give me dirty looks and we had cyclists telling us we were going the wrong way.... the wrong way! On a BIKE PATH. Double you tee eff. Since when were there SO many rules for cycling. You can't cycle on the sidewalk, people get mad. You can't cycle on the road, the drivers get mad. You have to go the right way on a bike path or the cyclists get mad.
In the last couple of days, I've definitely worked out some muscles I haven't used in a looong time. My butt is sore, shoulders hurt from carrying a backpack for that long and my thighs throb and feel huge!
I'm rethinking this commuting on a bicycle deal. Maybe Ty will teach me how to long board. :P
Posted by jme at August 16, 2010 12:49 AM