I want to ride..
September 14th, 2005 by timelady
my bicycle….
Havent made mention of one of my great passions yet, have i? besides family, and sleep, or wishing for it 
(i still owe you on tea, upcoming is social justice, environment, literature, music, hal, itshare, linux, and the small furry creature from alpha centauri pretending to be my dog. and other mixed assorted stuff. you have been warned!)
i digress a lot, dont i? i could say its because my mind is a cascading waterfall with rivulets of thought (10 points for placing the quote, bonus points for character and scene). but the reality is i am a meanderer on this blog. and thats me. so now you have wasted some small synaptic connections digesting information that you had probably figured out for yourself:)
anyway,my bike. trek 4100, red and black hybrid beasty (checkout the colours options to see it in all its glory!). currently road tyres, but i have done a bit of mtb, and discovered ow ow ow i need to be fitter! lights, gel seat, panniers for shopping, trip computer, toolkit permanently attached. reflective jacket, appropriate clothes - and black dunlop volleys, the best and only shoes for a barefoot hippy. i hate shoes. only wear them when forced to, like umm riding. thats it.
always have my beloved leatherman with me. i think i shall eulogise about THAT tool later. i have a magical bike trailer for the the small lad and smallest princess, so i haul round the streets here and do 99% of things via bike. yes, smug mode entered environmentally, but the reality is i get enormous joy from riding. my very absolute favourite rides are at 5am, when everyone is still asleep, its dark and quiet and i ride for an hour. by myself. loads of fantastic bike tracks around here, so its safe and easy most of the time.
so today i am working at itshare victor harbor, and though its not whale watching season, its spring, and i packed my bike EVER so carefully with full paranoia and three part harmony in a sheet in the boot of my brothers flash car he is lending me for todays drive. so a lunchtime ride for me! hell, if i get there early enough, ill go get milk and meander before opening:)
given my penguin collecting oddness, a tip to granite island see the fairypenguins for lunch break may be spiffy!
