learn to ride a bike

The class being held in Towson was a total bust. I cannot make it there with my bike and, even if I could get out to Towson, most of the places they’re going to practice riding are far enough away that it would again be impractical.

I will keep trying. Tonight, I’m going to practice balancing again like I saw the guy in the street doing.

The only reason I got my bike was because Sheldon Brown gave me good information on how to pick one out. In honor of his memory, I’m committed to learning how to do this.

I’m looking into a class being advertised here in Baltimore county but I’m clueless as to how I’m going to get myself and my rather large bike from here in Woodlawn to Towson. It’s far to big to fit inside all but the largest car trunks and the distance, while walkable, is made exponentially more difficult with me guiding a bike along several heavy traffic roads.

The local MTA doesn’t have a reliable means of getting between the only two methods of transportation that do accomodate bike riding passengers. The Lightrail and Metro do allow bikes but there are no bike racks on the buses that would get a passenger to those two transport options. :(

Remind me to make more money so I can live closer to DC…wait…too hot. Montreal. Remind me to somehow get my Leaf card and move to Montreal.

I put up a posting on Craigslist that apparently amused people so much that they were offering me their bicycles for free. So now I have a bike and I’m teaching myself to ride it. :)