Right -- I love biking. Why do I always forget that?

[jducoeur]

I don't bicycle during the winter, for a variety of reasons: in particular, it's a tad less safe, and I just plain don't enjoy it much when the temp falls below 50. And by the time we get around to spring, there is a very strong, "It's too much haaaassle" response -- in particular, trying to remember how to reinflate those verdammt performance tires. (I never remember the eensy-weensy little screw to open the valve, and wind up struggling with it for ten minutes until I get the clue.)

But that first good bike ride of the season -- a day like today, when it is clear and crisp, warm enough to be pleasant but not yet hot, going for a short 7-mile loop exploring a bike path I've never tried before (the one along Alewife Brook), seeing the sights and the people -- more than worth it. I really need to remember that going for a ride is a *totally* appropriate way to get my daily exercise, and I'm allowed to do it simply because it's fun.

And yay for the state getting it right: they have finally committed the funding to complete the Community Path over the next five years. This will effectively run the Minuteman Path (which runs into the Somerville Community Path) all the way to Lechmere, so there will be a more or less continuous bike path from Boston out to the suburbs...

Comments

[matildalucet.livejournal.com]

I hope you post about particular nice rides. I don't get into Camberville with my bike enough (in part because it is a royal pain to figure out how to get between Orange and Red Lines), but I might make more of an effort for a friend-recommended, relatively gently ride.

[ilaine-dcmrn.livejournal.com]

ooh, you are making me want to get out my bike and find the tire pump

[serakit.livejournal.com]

I may be getting into it more as I realized that while I would have to walk the bike down the sidewalk for the part on Route 9 (because biking on Route 9 would be *stupid*), I could actually fairly easily bike to the new Wegman's, and with saddlebags this could be a viable form of grocery shopping.