Rode hard and put away wet

[darkemeralds]

Hah! I just checked two more things off my Becoming a Cyclist list:

• I rode in the dark with my headlight and taillight on
• I rode in the rain

And I rode in the dark in the rain on a busy street.

I am kind of made of win tonight.

ETA: And I didn't feel timid. Perhaps that's silly. But I'm discovering that, as in many another activity involving moving through the world, in city cycling, hesitancy is sometimes more dangerous than bold action.

Comments

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

Very scary - you have so much more awareness of the risks. Even though I could manage to stay upright and get to the next village and back, I couldn't really deal with feeling perpetually on the brink of losing control.

I learned so that I could cycle to the next village once a week to see my therapist. Then I gave up and walked there for few years. These days I take the car. I love walking it, but the 5-mile round trip takes just a bit too much time out of a working day.