[KelOnWheels]

We had a nice little peloton going from the airport to 15th & Constitution today ShawnOfTheDread was there and somebody on one of those purty robin’s egg blue Surly Crosschecks and a couple of other people.

(I got dropped for a bit but I managed to catch up again!)

[KelOnWheels]

I got to draft ShawnoftheDread for a while this morning on the MVT

I was not slick enough to manage to get my phone out for a picture though.

[KelOnWheels]

@rcannon100 25216 wrote:

Scraper Bike!

Scraper bike!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaxuB1jIOYk&feature=colike

That’s awesome. I hope that guy gets his bike shop someday.

[KelOnWheels]

Aw man, just realized I can’t go because I’m going to see a friend’s play tonight. I’d better ride down to DG now for some frozen custard

[KelOnWheels]

@DaveK 25228 wrote:

Why do you hate freedom?

The fries are so fattening

[KelOnWheels]

@Arlingtonrider 25245 wrote:

We just hit 7500, and KelonWheels helped!

Hahaha! I need to get a few more in there!

[KelOnWheels]

@dcv 25226 wrote:

i’ve been riding with contractor safety glasses like these:

http://www.discountsafetygear.com/safety-glasses-dewalt-contractor-pro-indoor-outdoor-radians.html?lsku=SGLDPG52-9D&gclid=CPHd3NXxl7ECFYio4AodGGIHgg

didn’t even pay for them, got a pair from a GC i worked with. is that ghetto?

Hey, they’re called PRO safety glasses, right?

[KelOnWheels]

@krazygl00 25185 wrote:

These.

You just cannot beat that price. And they are among the nicest glasses I’ve ridden with. I had them on my head at the happy hour last night, and Arlingtonrider was asking me about them. At that price, buy two pairs (that’s what I did).

Well those definitely fit my budget! I will try those out

[KelOnWheels]

This: http://www.joe-bike.com/commuter-bikes/spot-bikes-sprawl/

This: http://allcitycycles.com/bikes/space_horse

This: http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/f-hilsen.htm

This: http://salsacycles.com/bikes/casseroll/

I do not spend any time thinking about bikes. No sir, I do not.

Oh and these are cool: http://www.paper-bicycle.com/

And these too: http://www.retrovelo.de/

[KelOnWheels]

I’ll get right on that. You meant $14,99 plus 9.99, right?

[KelOnWheels]

@dcv 25161 wrote:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55583638@N07/5151736129/

Shut up and take mah moneys!

[KelOnWheels]

That was lots of fun

[KelOnWheels]

Once upon a time I was a runner. I ran marathons (slowly). I helped other people train to run marathons. I followed them around on my bike for miles and miles. It was good healthy fun.

Then I went to work in an office, and another office, and another office. I sat in awful traffic for hours. Then I sat at a desk staring at a computer all day. Then I sat in more traffic and went home and sat in front of a computer. I was sick a lot, and not sure why. I gained a lot of weight. I was pretty unhappy.

Then I got to go to work in Old Town Alexandria, a mere three miles from my apartment, at a couple of jobs I truly loved.

I got to be creative and work on my feet. I figured out why I’d been sick. I lost a lot of weight and got healthier and stronger.

I sometimes thought about riding my bike to work, but I always talked myself out of it, thinking it was too far or too trafficy or too hard.

Then I had to change jobs and go to work in an office in DC. I had to take the bus and the Metro. I didn’t get to do fun creative work anymore. Sitting at a desk all day hurt. I became really, really sad. I was afraid I was going to gain all the weight back. I felt trapped.

Some weeks later I saw a poster for Bike to Work Day. It got me thinking.

I wondered if I could actually do it – ride all the way to work. Ten whole miles! I hadn’t touched my bike in years. But for some reason I kept thinking about it. It was a scary concept, but exciting. I decided to try it.

And I did it (with lots of advice from y’all). And it was amazing. Fun. Liberating. I remembered what really living in my body felt like. What meeting a challenge and being strong felt like.

I’ve become rather obsessed with bikes. I think about bikes a lot. I talk about bikes a lot. I’m saving up for a new bike. I’m talking my friends into getting bikes.

And you know, I think I’m going to start running again too.

[KelOnWheels]

@acc 25024 wrote:

I bought something for the event too.
Shoes.
Sadly, so sadly, not pro.

Shoes are always pro. Trufax.

[KelOnWheels]

Also, because I have a new jersey and look faster, I was four minutes faster today. Pro.

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