starting bike week with a bang!

[nosrednayduj]

It was rainy yesterday so there was only a 7 mile trip. Today, however, Ken delivered Jocelyn to circus and rode home, leaving the Leaf to charge at Alewife. Valerie took the train in and I rode my bicycle, and we hung out with friends and then drove home. So much bicycling, and efficient use of transportation as well!

24.78 in 2:21 for an average of 10.5

Started out fairly strong but then a lot of urban riding, and a little getting lost. I let google take me across the BU bridge and through Harvard Square to Alewife, which resulted in getting to ride on Mem Drive in its Sunday afternoon "closed to cars" mode, so that was fun. Harvard Square is much less scary on a bike than in a car. The cars are mostly not moving, and the bike lanes are well-placed. I ended up on one sidewalk because I got confused about how to get to where I was going, but I just poked along with the pedestrians and tried to keep out of their way until I got to a place I could ride on the road again.

Unfortunately the weather is not going to be congenial so I don't know how much more riding there will be this week, and I won't need to pick up Jocelyn Friday evening, so I might not go in to the office, thus messing up the Thursday/Friday round trip I've been doing lately. We'll see what happens.

Comments

[lauradi7dw]

My big project for bike month is to put a bell on the bike. I thought about buying streamers, but decided against it.

[nosrednayduj]

I don't know if I'd have the presence of mind to actually use the bell in an emergency. Mostly I just scream. It's pretty effective, and it's a fairly automatic reaction.