Monday, August 12, 2013

I just want to go for a bike ride.

I just want to go for a bike ride without people ruining it.
I want to go for a bike ride without car drivers shaking their heads at me as they pass.
I just want to go for a bike ride without off leash dogs biting me.
I want to go for a bike ride where no car that passes me has a driver that is texting.
I want to go for a bike ride where cars actually abide by the 4 foot passing law, or even half of it. I would
be happy with 2 feet to be honest.
I want to go for a bike ride where there is not garbage and debris on the shoulder for the entire ride.
I want to go for a bike ride where I actually de stress instead of adding stress.
I want to go for a bike ride where at no point am I worried about coming home alive.
This is my slobber ridden bloody leg after getting bit yesterday. The lady had 9 dogs all off leash.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I never leave home without a can of Halt. http://www.amazon.com/Halt-91427-Dog-Repellant-Spray/dp/B001AZMH46/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376321281&sr=8-1&keywords=halt

Bikeygirl said...

Amen!

Eli Slate said...

Come to Austin in the offseason for some winter training. It's not perfect, but less of that stuff happens. I'll ride around with you and try to keep up. If you want all of those things, you might have to go to Portland. Or the land of make believe.

Anonymous said...

Come on. You're going on a bike ride in the modern world where you choose to live. You are lucky to ride. Suck it up.

Anonymous said...

I do not think my 4-year-old would complain about that mosquito bite you got there.

Bring a can of compressed air/ pump with you next time. Dogs hate it more than most things. Safe for dogs and you. No more boo-boos after that.

Anonymous said...

This dreamworld actually exists--in rural Door County Wisconsin. Everybody waves at you, the dogs are friendly, and cars move completely into the other lane or slow down until the other lane is clear. But there are no steeps hills and lots of wind. Haha!