First grade poem

First a little background. While our daughter was in preschool my commute was often multi-modal. I would drive to the preschool and park the car there, then ride to work or ride to the bus if the weather was iffy. I could then ride back from work get her from the school and drive home. It worked for us and apparently it also impressed our youngest son enough to write about it. Now, I will not lie here. When I read this the first time I choked up. I was not aware that this process of commuting to work on my bike would inspire any of my kids.

If your having trouble reading his handwriting it reads.

My Dad is Lightning

My
dad is like
lightning he rides to
work and back
going up down up
down to pick
up my sister.



I think it's cool.

Carl

Rain

It rained last night as I fitted my fixed-gear with new full fenders. My excitement mounted as I awoke to the sound of rain this morning. I donned my very best wet weather gear with the addition of newspaper sacks on my feet.  I then set out. It was  sprinkling as I left the house and  I traveled through  varying levels of precipitation. As I was nearing work I realized that I had rain water streaming from my face, my grinin' like an idiot face.

It was a good ride.

Carl

Words to live by.

Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery - Bicycle Comics | Doubt on a Ride

This came up just when I needed it. I also never expected something so deep from Joe.

Bike to Work Day in Longmont, CO

Bike to Work day Longmont Colorado edition

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Bicycle Friendly Community '04-'12

Chillin'

I think this was the best coffee I had, and I had a lot.

Mmmm, pancakes and sausage.does a body good

What is it about watching the only guy working

The only other fixed gear but mine I saw

The guy on the right came from Loveland

Station at the Y

Present and past

Stretch Coolness

Jokes, love, bicycles : Older and Wiser : Times Record News

Jokes, love, bicycles : Older and Wiser : Times Record News

Bike Club Baiku

Here are some examples of bicycle based haiku. This was a "homework" assignment I gave to my bike club kids.

"Write a haiku about bikes" I said. "What is a haiku" they said. "5-7-5 syllables" I said. They said ummm ok....
Any way, four of them got one or more done and I came up with a couple.

Baiku

My bike is wicked

It has foot pegs on the wheels

I fly on my bike

_____________

My bike has cool wheels

My bike wheels have many spokes

A blur on the street

______________

Speeding super fast

Through the muddy grass

A big grass killer

______________

Serenity sweet

The breeze caresses my back

I’ll sweat later on

Turning northward oof

The breeze now a hurricane

Spinning gone just mash

Head down chest heaving

Turn ahead, a copse of trees

Relief, rest, home soon

_______________

Cars and trucks rush by

Honks and cheers they cry I think

You walk on sidewalk

_______________

Hybrid car driving

Quietly sneaking beside

Your conscience scared me

_______________

Left right stop air brake

Look left right left back front turn

Start slow use helmet

________________

I like riding bikes

My friend and I like bikes

I enjoy bike club

________________

I love my new bike

It is red and black with gears

My bike is awesome!

________________

Carl

The Wind

The wind,

 

 

            Today, it was all around me.
Blowing this way and that.
And I just tucked into it,
And let it wrap me in it's evil charms.

Granted,

 

I was not going very fast into the bosom of the beast,
But feeling its chilly embrace,
I knew she was somehow helping me
become a better person

 

 

                                    Chromazoid

This is from FGGF and describes quite well how I felt yesterday. Pushing against the North wind blowing in our snow falling today.

Carl