You see me rollin', you hatin' ...
The idea of riding a bike as an alternate form of transportation came up in a conversation this week.
It got me to thinking about high school days and riding my bike all over Denver. In fact, several times I made what I considered to be an insane bike trip to a friend's house (see my general route here: http://tinyurl.com/mz8vvp ) and then all around tony Cherry Hills Village in Denver.
Mind you, this was before cell phones, but I would leave my house at the crack of dawn and bike all day to my friend's house. We'd visit and then I'd ride home, getting back in time for dinner. Perhaps the thing that made the trip easier was a dedicated hiking/bike path along the Highline Canal.
When I headed off to Nebraska for college, I spent my freshman year biking all over the campus until the big snows came. Even then, on clear days, I would whip around town. That lasted until my sophomore year, when I finally got a car. After that, my bike gathered dust in our garage. My legs, while never toned, slowly morphed into tree stumps. Gvien that I've read about bicycling being great for your circulation, I have to wonder if returning to biking wouldn't help my legs to improve.
Even with dedicated lanes on the streets here, though, I'm terribly nervous about riding a bicycle here. It sure would come in handy at the bus stops, though. Hmmm, I will need to consider this a little more ...
