ok, i will straight up admit it. I am a fair-weather, poser bicyclist.
I only ride my bike to work when the sun is shining, and when i do ride it, I only pretend to know the fancy hand signals and bike etiquette.
and today, as I was riding with a skirt on, because i forgot, and not because i am an exhibitionist.
I got scolded by another biker for not being cautious.
I mean yeah... when I'm riding I'm cautious and aware.
but when I'm just rolling out of my driveway, I revert to the days of old when I could just roll out of my driveway without much care in the world.
anyways, all that to say, it ain't easy being a biker in a biker world like Portland.
so much stigma to live up to... :)
That is adorable. My boyfriend and I just got bikes this summer.. we don't really live in a "biking town" though.
ReplyDeleteReason #1 that I have yet to buy a bike: I live in Portland. Yikes! Feel your pain, girl.
ReplyDeletehahah that's hilarious. we don't have much of a bike culture here, although it is growing. can't believe you were scolded!
ReplyDeletep.s. i've featured your wall art on my newest blog post :)
I was also only a fair-weather bicyclist. I didn't understand how some could bike to work in the nasty rain and cold. They are so hard core!
ReplyDeleteI think Eugene has more bikes than cars, and the bicyclists are often a bit dangerous, especially in the University area. It seems they think they are invincible, at least your run in was with someone more careful!
I love that picture!!! AND I love my bike!! I wish I had cruiser bike thought that I could ride to work but considering it's already 100 degrees in Texas I would imagine my job would have to have a built in shower :)
ReplyDeleteLove this!!! Happy Thursday!
cute picture and i can't give you any advice on this subject because i too would be a poser bicycler if i had a bike. actually if i had a bike i would be worse-it would collect cobwebs...it would be a sad, sad, state of affairs. that is probably why I don't have a bike.
ReplyDeletesmiles,
gina
I love bike riding too, but riding in the rain is the pits.
ReplyDeleteso I suppose I'm a fair weather biker too!
But then we probably have more fair weather here!