This was an interesting social bike ride. I started from my apartment, and rode downtown about 9 miles, by myself. I just now know where to go without looking at my phone/GPS. There were a lot of people, maybe a hundred or two, who met in this spot downtown, and we all rode bikes throughout the eastside, and ended up at a park to chill for a bit then to a bar. I skipped the bar and biked home. Altogether, I did about 30 miles on my road bike, so it was a pretty decent night. I didn't consume more calories than I burned, I think.
This couple here would have to be my favorite couple. She's so much fun to be around, and is goofy/quirky just like me. Her boyfriend, her, and I share the same sense of humor, and they're both fun to ride bikes with.
John and I put our bikes against each other to hold them up, since I don't have a kick stand. I don't think a lot of people have a kick stand, that must be something for cruiser bikes or something. I guess road bike builders/engineers think it would weigh the bike down. I could always install one, but it would probably just get in the way.
Around the time I took this pic of the bikes leaning, I ran into the guy who fixed my bike last year on a whim on the Halloween ride. What had happened on that ride, I was new to social riding, and the derailleur broke off into my wheel. This guy in a mask notices the conundrum I am in, made it a single speed right then and there on the side of the street on MLK, then the next day replaced my derailleur with a really nice one and charged me almost nothing.
I like how people know how to fix stuff like it's nothing, I want to learn to fix my bicycle stuff one day and return the favor, pay it forward, for other new cyclist just trying to have a good time on a bike, but find it hard to pay for what the shop charges for repairs. I should first learn how to fix a flat without it taking nearly an hour...
What happens at TNSR stays at TNSR, unless someone decides to post to the FB page. Basically, we all learned how important helmets are that night, and we all had a good ride, like always.
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