National Bike Month Ramblings

May is National Bike Month. The League of American Bicyclists is promoting it with Bike to Work Week, from 14-18 May, and Bike to Work Day, Friday 18 May. I’ve been riding my bike to work since last Monday and enjoying it pretty well. The body shop tells us the minivan should be ready to pick up tomorrow, so I’m not certain I’ll actually end up riding to work for the entirety of Bike to Work Week. So far I haven’t seen a single other bicyclist along my commute route, which covers parts of Hardy McManus Road, Halali Farm Road, Blanchard Road, Hereford Farm Road, and Bel Air Road.

Today I missed getting got in a pretty good soaker of a rain shower by about three minutes. My neighbor pulled up next to me just as it was starting to sprinkle and I was hammering down the hill towards our neighborhood. He rolled down his window and started chatting with me! It was kind of entertaining but I’m not used to trying to look to the side and talk like that to someone in an SUV. I wonder if it’s easier to converse with the driver of a sedan or wagon, since they’re lower to the ground and you don’t have to crane your neck up? You don’t see too many big vehicles supporting the pro peleton; even in the USA it’s mostly sedans and wagons. My favorite at the Tour de Georgia last year was Jittery Joe’s convertible Mini Cooper.

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