i want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike
Once upon a time there lived an avid biker. She liked to bike to church, to the grocers, to the butchers, to the market, to the town hall, to work and to play. She lived in a small town that had special bike paths everywhere that no one ever dared to park on. If surfaces became uneven or holes needed to be dug, they were surely fixed by the next day. Never once did she feel in danger on her bike, never did she feel the need to dive into a ditch to avoid getting hit by a car. She loved biking and everywhere that she went, her bike was sure to go. This avid little biker was as fit as a flea so she lived to a happily ever after to a healthy old age. THE END.
If only my dream fairytale world existed. Instead I have to put up with pot-hole (and power-pole) ridden bike paths that end randomly in the middle of a road. And drivers who for some reason like to drive on the left side of the narrow small-town roads (I'm the one who should have this problem, not them!). When they see a bike coming in the opposite direction they don't seem to pull over to the right, instead sometimes quite the opposite. I get told I'm a biking hypochondriac. I'm not so sure. I just feel unsafe on my bike because of external factors like cars Actually I just grew up in a country with even less biking facilities than here (and yes I do actually like this better, I just see room for improvement) and have heard too many biking horror stories. I do wish the people in charge of transport would actually get out of their cars and offices for once and bike along some of the main routes, then at least they might understand how off-putting they are!
Just a small secret: I don't actually like biking. I just do it because it's sometimes more convenient than walking. I also bike to considerably less places than the fairytale girl.
This blog comes to you courtesy of the crazy-ass car drivers I met while biking today
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