We love hearing about the variety of conditions people face cycling to work, and its fair to say that this guy is something else. Crohn’s disease hasn’t stopped him from riding his first 40-mile each way commute to work recently. Serious credit is due.
Thanks to people like him and Ferdie I couldn’t justify to myself using my car today, so I cycled in this morning on my Specialized Allez for the first time, a brisk 13 mile ride, that went via a windswept marsh (where the only hazard is the occasional suicidal sheep) and busy roads packed with cars, school kids and broken glass...
It was fantastic.
The only real problems I had were my pointy shoes burrowing in my back
and getting to the office twenty minutes too early and being forced to eat my lunch.
I can't wait for the ride home
A journey that usually entails sitting in a barely moving traffic jam
for thirty minutes in my aged non-air conditioned car, whilst steam
gently escapes the car's bonnet and my ears, should now be spent in
comparative bliss. When I free wheel past the jam today I won't be able
to keep the massive grin off my face.
Posted by Oliver
