Bike Commuting 101: The Rig
“Johnny”….”here”….”Monica”…”here”
Good morning class! Now that we are all here, I want to start class with a fun bike commuting fact: There is a higher ratio of men with beards that bike commute VS men that [are super lame and] drive cars to work. Those who ride their bikes have bigger and fuller beards, better legs and date/marry more attractive women than their car-commuting-comrades…looking better in spandex doesn’t hurt either. So, what does one ride to work on? Anyone? That’s right, Suzy, they ride bicycles; or as they are commonly referred to, “rigs”. And that is what we are talking about today: THE RIG
Since I am an avid environmentalist (as you well know), I have decided to use this resource as a sort of online journal to catalogue my training for The Tour Divide. I have put in about 30 miles so far (which is NOTHING!). Went to Evergreen with some friends a few weeks ago to really get my handle on things – I learned some great techniques for riding both up and down trails with rocks, debris, logs, etc. I have found that now I am much more confident riding on easier trails because of this! (Thanks Daylene and Lauren!).
Well its not the official day 1, but it is MY day 1….I don’t know if it is crazy or stupid or whatever, but I was really inspired by an article I read last week on my way to work (on the bus of course). This guy, Justin, from Denver, rode his bike from Canada to Mexico on the Great Divide…that is over 2700 miles of backcountry travel with nothing but what you can carry on your back and your bike…The “Tour Divide” is the name of the ultra-cycling challenge.
