@Schwinn-Locura: Lol. That's kindof disheartening! I'd hate for it to just all end abruptly like that. But..:
@5-7HEAVEN: Bringing tools is an excellent idea to prevent it from all ending so soon.
I live right next to a park with a small concrete sort of depression in the ground. Skaters use it but are rarely there during the week. I guess that's where I'll begin.
I'm stoked! Can't wait to get going. Pictures is a good idea. I'm a video blogger in my other life so perhaps I'll vlog on this as well.
Oh BTW, 5-7, I love your quote. I still haven't broken the news to my wife that there is a potential death trap being assembled in the garage. At 6 months pregnant and nesting, she's gonna be POed. LMAO!
I carry a 25lb. military hydration backpack with all my tools and a cellphone wherever I go. That backpack is my rear-mounted crash/air bag, for when I fall. I also carry a 15lb. FUGETTABOUTIT motorcycle chain, bandolier-style, and a 6-ft. cable to secure my wheels. Darn thieves got me paranoid!
Death is my co-pilot, and sometimes I think my bike is really trying to kill me! The bike chain jammed once, and it threw me off at 25mph, just to scare me. I rolled off the bike onto the ground, when the front wheel hit the curb. All I got was a giant mouse on my forearm that looked like a second elbow for a while. No rips, tears or blood. Not even dirt on my clothes or hands! No damage to the bike. Even the mirrors were still in position. An hour later, I was donating blood at the Blood Bank. All I did was wash my hands and my new mouse, which was already subsiding.
Last week, my engine was giving me carbon monoxide poisoning, until I changed the muffler and rerouted the exhaust.
Death is my co-pilot, especially when claiming the lane at 35mph, surrounded by cars who are stunned that you're riding alongside them.
Sometimes it's safer for me to ride ahead or alongside them in my own lane, instead of hugging the curb. Then even the little old lady will think nothing of squeezing you off the road, into the curb/gutter/signpost.
But I DO ride it to work, which is like a 25-minute amusement ride TWICE a day!
What a way to end the work day!
When you ride on the streets, ride like every driver is flat-out crazy!
I always consider myself an obstacle to the other drivers' next traffic stop.