15 December 2007
Redefining “normal”
Posted by todd under: Words from cycling sages .
“Consider that in any part of the world cyclists have got to accept what seems normal. In British Columbia or the Pacific Northwest it rains. Everybody knows it and so you don’t stop cycling if it does. You dress for it or you ignore it, but you wouldn’t lose a night’s sleep worrying about it. The same can be said for the cold weather in other parts of the world: if it often freezes or snows, you just learn to ride when it is that way. At the other extreme, I don’t go for heat too much, but folks in much of the Midwest or the South, where it does get hot, seem to think nothing of riding their bikes at 100 degrees F.”– The Bicycle Commuting Book by Rob Van de Plas
In fact, I almost ALWAYS wear one (while riding a bike anyway). (On the other hand, if YOU don't want to wear a helmet, I have no problem with it.) I don't remember what happened on this particular day. Fortunately for all of us it makes for a less-nerdly picture. My exceptionally talented professional photographer friend Charles Bertram took this photo.
I asked my 6-year-old son, Caleb, an avid bicyclist and artist, to draw a bike for me. I think he did a great job!
