wanna ride?

I’ve been cycling to work every day for the last two months and am a total convert. I find myself trying to convince everyone to get on a bike. It’s liberating. It’s constant forward motion. None of that walk to a tube, wait for a train, squeeze on, shuffle off, then walk home frazzled and grumpy. It is just straight on and go. So what have I discovered?

• Lots of people cycle.
• I prefer to cycle than tube – even in the drizzle.
  
• Bikes seats take some getting used to.
  
• In the evening after I pick my daughter up we get home in 5min rather than 20 and I avoid the grumpy grizzles.
• It makes you hungry - big time.
• I love the physicality of it.
• I am never going to be a morning person.

This weekend was freewheel London 2008! Major roads in London were closed to traffic and 60 000 cyclists descended into the centre from all directions – to ride along the embankment between the Mall and Tower Bridge. It was great.

See the red & blue balloons in the picture? That’s us!

http://www.smileforskysports.com/album/RED_2pm/slides/RED_1-3_2121.html

Update on Wed, October 15, 2008 at 00:29 by lia

Oh, and if it suddenly gets harder to cycle to work every day and your thighs are burning…. it is a good idea to check your breaks as they may be locked on…! Sensitive things - breaks. Thigh burners. Uh Huh!