•Tuesday, May 26, 2009
So Jon Kole handed me down the Barackcycle for my riding (and commuting to DRL) enjoyment, and I am PSYCHED. Okay, so he didn't really hand it down to me, he gave it to me for 20 bucks and a few stipulations, but that's beside the point. I have a ROCKIN, SOCKIN, bike, and I'm quite excited to travel around Philadelphia and everywhere around in it.
Pete, you now have a wingman.
In fact, I'm so excited that my friends decided to go bike riding a couple times in the past few days, one of which was mountain biking at the nearby Lake Minnewaska. It was my first time mountain biking ever, and I'm probably really bad at conveying my enthusiasm for the trip over blogging, but from that experience mountain biking definitely has a shot at being my second favorite hobby (next to snowboarding). It's got the speed and downhill excitement of snowboarding, with a bit of sightseeing mixed in, and a whole lot of fun sweat-equity (read: going up hills really suck but is awesome when you get to the top). In fact, I really want to get a legit mountain bike now and travel around to different places to bike around. AND it's a summer sport, so I don't have to choose between that and snowboarding.
So thank you, Jono, for giving me your bike and inspiring me to take on a new hobby. It's cardio-tastic, yet not nearly as difficult as running, and infinitely more fun. Who knows, maybe if I like it enough I'll take on the great wonder that is bike and build too.
I'll end this post with two remarks: JAI HO (because that song's stuck in my head) and be sure to follow Jon's trip across the U.S. here: http://jonkole.blogspot.com/
EDIT: Oh wait, actually one more thing. You'll see in the FIERCESOME pictures following (admit it, fierce is an understatement, just look at my bright shirt and short shorts) that I'm wearing a helmet. I'm actually quite glad I wore a helmet that day. Not because I almost ran into a tree or because I fell off my bike, but because at the very end of the day, as we were packing the bikes back onto the roof rack of the car, I dropped the thing on my head. Yeah, go helmet!...
The Men (I was really scared I was gonna fall off the ledge in this picture, I'm a decent bit afraid of heights)
The Men with Bikes and a nice lake behind them
Pete, you now have a wingman.
In fact, I'm so excited that my friends decided to go bike riding a couple times in the past few days, one of which was mountain biking at the nearby Lake Minnewaska. It was my first time mountain biking ever, and I'm probably really bad at conveying my enthusiasm for the trip over blogging, but from that experience mountain biking definitely has a shot at being my second favorite hobby (next to snowboarding). It's got the speed and downhill excitement of snowboarding, with a bit of sightseeing mixed in, and a whole lot of fun sweat-equity (read: going up hills really suck but is awesome when you get to the top). In fact, I really want to get a legit mountain bike now and travel around to different places to bike around. AND it's a summer sport, so I don't have to choose between that and snowboarding.
So thank you, Jono, for giving me your bike and inspiring me to take on a new hobby. It's cardio-tastic, yet not nearly as difficult as running, and infinitely more fun. Who knows, maybe if I like it enough I'll take on the great wonder that is bike and build too.
I'll end this post with two remarks: JAI HO (because that song's stuck in my head) and be sure to follow Jon's trip across the U.S. here: http://jonkole.blogspot.com/
EDIT: Oh wait, actually one more thing. You'll see in the FIERCESOME pictures following (admit it, fierce is an understatement, just look at my bright shirt and short shorts) that I'm wearing a helmet. I'm actually quite glad I wore a helmet that day. Not because I almost ran into a tree or because I fell off my bike, but because at the very end of the day, as we were packing the bikes back onto the roof rack of the car, I dropped the thing on my head. Yeah, go helmet!...
The Men (I was really scared I was gonna fall off the ledge in this picture, I'm a decent bit afraid of heights)
The Men with Bikes and a nice lake behind them
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