WHO AM I? 4

My adventures have taken me to such places as Route 66 in San Bernardino, Turnbull Canyon near Whittier and Hacienda Heights, and Carbon Canyon In Chino. (Late comers can read part 1, here.)

I love riding along the expanse of San Gabriel River, Santa Ana River, and Los Angeles River Bike Trails.

I've travelled 40 miles from Pasadena to Pomona, 45 miles from Santa Clarita to Pasadena, and 45 miles from Pomona to Lake Elsinore.

I discovered the joys of the Mountains by riding along Highway 39, Glendora Ridge, & Mount Baldy Road.

I've explored San Pedro, and the Los Angeles, & Long Beach Harbor areas.

I've participated in 2 ACURA LA BIKE TOURS, THE LAPD PATROL BENEFIT FUN RIDE, THE LA CITY FUN RIDE, a Protest ride at the 2000 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles, with the last of my Mtn. Bikes, ( Click on Thumbnail, below, to enlarge.), and more.

I've travelled very few of the routes in my notebooks, over the years, because life has had a way of preventing me from finding the time to do so, and yet I HAVE found the occasional opportunity to ride with local bike clubs, and even joined the LA WHEELMEN.

I have this goal to use this blog as an incentive to make the opportunities to ride those rides in my notebook and share my experiences.

Even though I've enjoyed my solo travels I've found I like riding with groups and meeting and getting to know my fellow riders.

One thing I've learned over the years is that a Mountain Bike is the worst bike to ride for a Road Cyclist.

I switched to what is known as a HYBRID ( seen on my main page ), and haven't looked back. :-)

Hybrids are part Mtn Bike, part Racing Bike, and the best bike for road riding a recreational cyclist could want, in my humble opinion.

I spent $700 on a 27 SPEED, silver SIRRUS SPORT, and enjoy it tremendously.

I love cycling for the exercise, as a mode of transportation, and for its environmental friendliness.

There are millions of folks, like me, out there riding everyday, and this blog is my attempt to spread the word about this great recreational activity and the ever growing, & evolving, part it plays in our society and culture.

There are alot of cycling sites out there with alot of interesting things to say. There are activists, clubs, events, paths, products, shops, & trails, known and unknown, publicised and not, and I want to get the word out as well as write about my travels, and share my thoughts and opinions, and fiction, and humor on the subject on cycling.

A friend recently asked me a question.

He wrote:

"Nicholas Baker, in his most recent novel, uses a box of kitchen matches as a master metaphor for mortality.

So ... a bicycle is a metaphor for _____ ?

Inquiring minds gotta know.

Your assignment, should you be willing to accept it, is to tell us what bicycle MEANS.

At first glance, it might, like the box of dwindling matches, also be a metaphor for mortality.

Trips on a bicycle are not unlimited.

Then again, maybe it's not about WHERE you are going, but HOW you get there.

However, in my advancing age, I have discovered that its not about where or how you go.

What is most important is WHO you're with."

Well, JASPAR, my friend, at this point I don't really know the answers.

What, dear readers, do YOU think?:-)

I've never really thought about any of that before.

Maybe I'll have answers as this site progresses and evolves.

I'm 42 years old and, still, single, and plan to outlive Strom Thurmond, so there is plenty of time to ponder these great questions. :-)