Après Love to Ride!

Now that Love to Ride is over, I can relax a bit. Between the special effort to ride to work daily, and physical therapy because of tendonitis in my foot, I\’m actually quite tired. And I can think about the next Challenge, of course.

Among the badges that local Love to Ride participants can earn is the Blue Bikes badge.  I suppose that Love to Ride’s in other locations offer a similar badge.

It’s one of the few Love to Ride badges that I don’t yet have. The rate for a one-time user of Blue Bikes is a $5 one-time user fee; then ten cents per minute, or $6.00/hour. I don’t feel inclined to pay that just for the sake of getting the badge.

Re: the Super Commuter badge, forget about my getting it this year. After work today I rode the hybrid to the bike shop. The shifting has been acting funny, and I get the impression that the front derailer isn\’t quite in order.

They can\’t take care of it for almost a week, but I decided to leave the bike with them. A bike that isn\’t shifting right isn\’t all that much fun to ride; and for all I know, I\’m causing damage by continuing to ride it.

When I left the bike at the shop, I wasn\’t thinking about the face that grocery shopping will be much harder without the hybrid. Hindsight is 20/20; we know how it goes when we don\’t think until après! But maybe I can skip shopping and sleep in for once!