The West Side

A bicycle has always been able to take you places.  Where depends a lot on the individual.  As kids the where may have been just down the street, but it was likely the first taste of freedom.  No longer confined to our block, we could get out and explore. As an adult, the bicycle still has that power.  It can still take you down the street, or across town.  It may take you to the store, or to work.  It has the ability to show you your world from a perspective that a car never can.  Does your bicycle still have to power to take you places?  If the answer is no, what's the reason?  If yes, where would you like to go?

I've been thinking about some of the things that I would like to accomplish in the New Year.  I've tried to put them in a list (as I've gotten older I find that if I write things down they actually get done). I'm going to ride my bike.....to work, to the store, for fun.....I'm going to ride. No bike I own will have smaller than 28mm wide tires.  It's all about comfort from now on. I will take more pictures while I'm out on the bike.  Check that, I need to take more pictures.  Period.  My grandfather traveled all over the world, and never took a single photograph.  Tragic. I need to get back into the gym. At least one of my bikes will have flat pedals.  So much easier to just get on and ride. We will have a shop ride.......of sorts.  Some Saturday mornings we will ride, and others can, and will ride with us.  That will be nice. I re found the fun of working in a bike shop again.  Don't know exactly how it happened, and I'm not going to q

This is the time of year when a lot of people start making resolutions.  How many of those are followed through on do ya think? I'm not one for resolutions, but I am excited about the New Year.  As you might expect, my excitement is revolving around bicycles. We've been working on some new bike lines/models over the last couple of months.  These are not revolutionary by any means.  They are bikes that you used to see in bike shops all the time.  They will be durable, comfortable, affordable and really, really fun to ride.  Look for them in store sometime in Feb. 2011 is going to be the year you start to love your bike again.  That's my resolution. Ride on!