Re; Bike month

A couple years ago, I borrowed my girlfriend's bike and zipped around for a few minutes. It had been years since I had ridden one. I was hooked (again). The memories of tearing around various campsites as I was growing up came flooding back.

The next day, I bought a bike. A decently cheap one ($325 or so), just to get around town. I bought a big fat lock, safety lights, a helmet, and some sexy black dice valve caps.

A few months ago, my 'secure' bike room in my apartment was broken into, and due to a really crappy design of bike lock-points, a dozen or so bikes were stolen, including mine. I had never considered how silly it was to feed my giant lock through a little metal loop the width of a Bic pen until I saw how easily all those loops were cut.

So I'm bikeless. I'm hastily saving for a trip to the Dominican Republic, where I will be volunteering for two months in a small village doing agricultural work so I cannot afford even a cheap-ass bike. I do have my longboard, which is fun, but I definitely miss my bike.

SO! I hope you all bike yer little buns off this month, and do try and make it out to Critical Mass. Those are just way too fun... ;)