darkemeralds: Naked woman on a bike, caption "I don't care, I'm still free" (Bike Freedom)
Riding to work yesterday without my helmet, I was just enjoying the leafy neighborhood when another cyclist, a man more or less in my age bracket, shouted as we passed, "Protect your head!" and tapped on his own, insectoid-style, helmet.

It took me a day or so to realize why that bugged me so much.

Being shouted at in the street )
darkemeralds: Old French poster of bicycle with naked flame-haired woman. (Bike)
I figured it out! The helmet thing. It was a gorgeous spring day today, and I had to do a grocery run (well, I needed yummy things from Trader Joe's). I've decided that I will wear my helmet for the most part, even on a quiet grocery run on neighborhood streets.

BUT! Instead? RIDING BAREFOOT!

I stopped and took my shoes off at the longish red light right after TJ's, hung them on my handlebars, and rode the rest of the way home looking, I'm sure, fairly ridiculous but having just as much fun as without a helmet. Only safer.

But boy do I need a pedicure.

Profile

darkemeralds: A round magical sigil of mysterious meaning, in bright colors with black outlines. A pen nib is suggested by the intersection of the cryptic forms. (Default)
darkemeralds

May 2024

S M T W T F S
   1234
567891011
121314151617 18
19 2021 222324 25
262728293031 

Syndicate

RSS Atom

Most Popular Tags

Page generated 1/7/25 20:29

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags