My Favorite Biking Things
Posted by Anthony Taylor Tuesday, May 03, 2011
On the ride to work today I got a little bit of inspirado flowing about how awesome it is to be out in the world on my morning commute. About how amazing it felt to...well, just feel everything. My legs burning, the sun shining, the wind blowing, the road crackling. Here's a list of some of my favorite biking things. What are yours?
- Riding through leaves
- Smell of cut lawn and cooling BBQ grills
- Tipping my hat to fellow riders, pedestrians and polite drivers
- Seeing the same people on my commute every day
- Riding confidently in traffic
- The way cars sound like the wind when they approach from behind on Van Ness
- Interesting mailboxes
- The different reflections off the canal
- Slightly achy legs that get better with a bowl of oatmeal and two cups of coffee at work
- The whir and hiss of tires on the road
- The way the world looks with a different soundtrack in my iPod each morning
- Catching up on podcasts
- Flying through the tunnel near Van Ness and Shields
- The long final climb up Palm to work
- The last heavy breath as I swing my leg over my bike and walk her into the office
- The first bite of oatmeal and sip of coffee that starts to ease the achy legs
