I had memories of getting to training wheels as a child, but what happened after that is unclear. Either I gave up or my parents lost the determination to teach me. Either way, I remained unable to even balance on a bike until college where some friends tried to teach me. The last time I attempted, I did sort of figure out the balance, but was completely unable to steer, which meant a lot of straight charging into trees and other large immobile objects.
But today, being such a gorgeous spring day, not to mention Earth Day, I decided it would be the time I start back up on this goal. And somehow, along that two mile loop around the park, I managed to balance and steer and even relaxed enough to enjoy myself. Can’t make a tight 180 turn yet, and I’m still terrified of veering into an oncoming car or pedestrian, but I fucking rode a bike today for real. How this happened in a day, without practicing once in the past year, is a mystery to me. My ass hurts, and my quads burn, but I have expanded my locomotive options and it feels awesome.
