I love newbies!

Oh yeah Claire- I got somehting good for you.

Take a ride on the back of my bike with my poker - you dumb [censored]!!!

Wild Bill Kizer the man!!!

Claire Petersky said:

I am working with someone professionally who has just taken up bicycle
commuting. He writes in a recent email:

---
I'm commuting from Bainbridge Island. I'm up at the northern end and it's a
little over 7 miles to and from the ferry. Yes, I've slept well these past
few nights.

I have to admit that I'm not a stylistic nor sophisticated biker. I spit, I
sing out loud (and poorly) to make the riding go by faster, wear cotton
clothing, Feel like I'm in a Lamaz clas when I breathe, my face turns bright
red from the exertion, and I look absolutely wiped out when I finally get to
my destination. 4 people commented yesterday at the elevator how tired I
look.

Other than that, I think biking to work is the COOLEST thing.
---

I just loved this. Isn't great to discover something new? Don't you wish you
were just taking up bicycle commuting again?

--
Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/
See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky

Quoted message said:

Other than that, I think biking to work is the COOLEST thing.

.... if there is a good shower at work

"Wild Bill" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

<plonk>

Does your Mummy know you wrote this, Billy?

Lewis

*******

Wild Bill said:

Oh yeah Claire- I got somehting good for you.

Take a ride on the back of my bike with my poker - you dumb [censored]!!!

Wild Bill Kizer the man!!!

Claire Petersky said:

I am working with someone professionally who has just taken up bicycle
commuting. He writes in a recent email:

---
I'm commuting from Bainbridge Island. I'm up at the northern end and it's a
little over 7 miles to and from the ferry. Yes, I've slept well these past
few nights.

I have to admit that I'm not a stylistic nor sophisticated biker. I spit, I
sing out loud (and poorly) to make the riding go by faster, wear cotton
clothing, Feel like I'm in a Lamaz clas when I breathe, my face turns bright
red from the exertion, and I look absolutely wiped out when I finally get to
my destination. 4 people commented yesterday at the elevator how tired I
look.

Other than that, I think biking to work is the COOLEST thing.
---

I just loved this. Isn't great to discover something new? Don't you wish you
were just taking up bicycle commuting again?

--
Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/
See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky

Commuted by bike for over a quarter century. In fact, I didn't even own
a motor vehicle. Wish I could find a job close enough to do that again.

- -
Comments and opinions compliments of,
"Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

My web Site:
http "colon-slash-slash" geocities "dot" com "slash" czcorner

To E-mail me:
ChrisZCorner "at" webtv "dot" net

Bill is an [censored]. That's why I killfiled him.

<[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Does your Mummy know you wrote this, Billy?

Lewis

*******

Wild Bill said:

Oh yeah Claire- I got somehting good for you.

Take a ride on the back of my bike with my poker - you dumb [censored]!!!

Wild Bill Kizer the man!!!

Claire Petersky said:

I am working with someone professionally who has just taken up bicycle
commuting. He writes in a recent email:

---
I'm commuting from Bainbridge Island. I'm up at the northern end and
it's a
little over 7 miles to and from the ferry. Yes, I've slept well these
past
few nights.

I have to admit that I'm not a stylistic nor sophisticated biker. I
spit, I
sing out loud (and poorly) to make the riding go by faster, wear cotton
clothing, Feel like I'm in a Lamaz clas when I breathe, my face turns
bright
red from the exertion, and I look absolutely wiped out when I finally
get to
my destination. 4 people commented yesterday at the elevator how tired
I
look.

Other than that, I think biking to work is the COOLEST thing.
---

I just loved this. Isn't great to discover something new? Don't you
wish you
were just taking up bicycle commuting again?

--
Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/
See the books I've set free at:
http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky

"Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I am working with someone professionally who has just taken up bicycle
commuting. He writes in a recent email:

---
I'm commuting from Bainbridge Island. I'm up at the northern end and it's
a little over 7 miles to and from the ferry. Yes, I've slept well these
past few nights.

I have to admit that I'm not a stylistic nor sophisticated biker. I spit,
I sing out loud (and poorly) to make the riding go by faster, wear cotton
clothing, Feel like I'm in a Lamaz clas when I breathe, my face turns
bright red from the exertion, and I look absolutely wiped out when I
finally get to my destination. 4 people commented yesterday at the
elevator how tired I look.

Other than that, I think biking to work is the COOLEST thing.
---

I just loved this. Isn't great to discover something new? Don't you wish
you were just taking up bicycle commuting again?

Claire posts crapola like this just to drive me around the bend. She knows I
can't stand this type of juvenilia. This is her womanly way of getting back
at me for describing her as a kind and gentle person, but essentially
brainless.

Claire, I know like all women that you like to shop, so the next time you
are at the mall, try to get a brain for yourself. You really should not be
posting to a newsgroup until you have a brain you can rely on. The one you
presently have is constantly playing tricks on you. Just because you are
teacher does not mean you can be like a child yourself. Please try to grow
up for my sake if not your own.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

Claire Petersky said:

I am working with someone professionally who has just taken up bicycle
commuting. He writes in a recent email:

---
I'm commuting from Bainbridge Island. I'm up at the northern end and it's a
little over 7 miles to and from the ferry. Yes, I've slept well these past
few nights.

I have to admit that I'm not a stylistic nor sophisticated biker. I spit, I
sing out loud (and poorly) to make the riding go by faster, wear cotton
clothing, Feel like I'm in a Lamaz clas when I breathe, my face turns bright
red from the exertion, and I look absolutely wiped out when I finally get to
my destination. 4 people commented yesterday at the elevator how tired I
look.

Other than that, I think biking to work is the COOLEST thing.
---

I just loved this. Isn't great to discover something new? Don't you wish you
were just taking up bicycle commuting again?

--
Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/
See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky

For weeks I've remembered how great it felt to get up early, immediately (no
coffee!) don smelly t-shirt and shorts and spin for an hour or so. By the time
I got back to the house I was fired up and ready to work, and usually went at it
without waiting for the coffee pot to finish doing its thing. I haven't done
that even once this year and it really bugs me that I haven't. So when the bad
feelings finally moved me to rise and spin, what happened? Day after day of
rain and gray, temperature well into the Unseasonably Cold range. Very
uninspiring. In about 2 1/2 months September chill will be here. Oh joy. :-(

--
Michael

Wild Bill said:

Oh yeah Claire- I got somehting good for you.

Take a ride on the back of my bike with my poker - you dumb [censored]!!!

Wild Bill Kizer the man!!!

Claire Petersky said:

I am working with someone professionally who has just taken up bicycle
commuting. He writes in a recent email:

---
I'm commuting from Bainbridge Island. I'm up at the northern end and it's a
little over 7 miles to and from the ferry. Yes, I've slept well these past
few nights.

I have to admit that I'm not a stylistic nor sophisticated biker. I spit, I
sing out loud (and poorly) to make the riding go by faster, wear cotton
clothing, Feel like I'm in a Lamaz clas when I breathe, my face turns bright
red from the exertion, and I look absolutely wiped out when I finally get to
my destination. 4 people commented yesterday at the elevator how tired I
look.

Other than that, I think biking to work is the COOLEST thing.
---

I just loved this. Isn't great to discover something new? Don't you wish you
were just taking up bicycle commuting again?

--
Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/
See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky

Inappropriate, degrading, and off-topic, you Yahoo wahoo.

Not that I really care, mind you, but wonder what you intended "Wild Bill Kizer
the man!!!" to mean.
"Wild, Bill. Kizer the man!!!" ?
"Wild Bill: Kizer the man!!! ?
(I have no idea what "kizer"-ing involves.)
Whatever.

I, for one, always look forward to reading Claire's posts, so please either get
civil or go away.

--
Michael

Pat in TX said:

"Wild Bill" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

<plonk>

Roger that.
Bill Baka

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Other than that, I think biking to work is the COOLEST thing.

.... if there is a good shower at work

Commute, not race.
I can commute 10 miles and not work up a sweat in the morning, then go
for the sweat coming home.
Damn racer nuts all think they have to ride like Lance in the TdF.
Bill Baka

Michael said:

For weeks I've remembered how great it felt to get up early, immediately (no
coffee!) don smelly t-shirt and shorts and spin for an hour or so. By the time
I got back to the house I was fired up and ready to work, and usually went at it
without waiting for the coffee pot to finish doing its thing. I haven't done
that even once this year and it really bugs me that I haven't. So when the bad
feelings finally moved me to rise and spin, what happened? Day after day of
rain and gray, temperature well into the Unseasonably Cold range. Very
uninspiring. In about 2 1/2 months September chill will be here. Oh joy. :-(

I can relate to that. California had so much rain and yuck that I
couldn't wait for spring and nice riding weather.

So what happens?

Skip spring and fast forward to summer and 90's +.

Now I miss the rain.

I went through 3 bottles of Orange Juice on a short 30 mile ride in 95
degrees last week, and that was riding from shade tree to next shade
tree. The trees are about 2 miles apart so sometimes you wish you were
riding in the city where you could duck into an air conditioned store.

Bill Baka

In article <[email hidden]>,

Michael said:

Day after day of
rain and gray, temperature well into the Unseasonably Cold range. Very
uninspiring. In about 2 1/2 months September chill will be here.
Oh joy. :-(

I don't know in which region you live, but here in the rainy PNW,
September is a lovely month in which to ride. June can be kind
of wet, but warm. And the colours of the rain-soaked rhododendrons &
azaleas (which are actually becoming rather hoary in June) takes on a
lumenescent quality that's quite pleasant to the eye. Indeed, so does
the grass. And September is a good time for farmers' markets. And
the kids go back to school, so the traffic goes back to normal.

As long as the temps stay above about 8C, I have no probs with
the ol' Reynaud's Syndrome freezing my ungloved fingertips off.

I've heard a bunch of people here say riding in the rain at
just above freezing is the worst, but I rather like it.
I find it's more comfortable to wear raingear when it's cooler.
But here there's usually little danger of the temperature
suddenly dropping to or below freezing. In fact, if it's
raining, it'll probably warm up.

cheers,
Tom

--
-- Nothing is safe from me.
Above address is just a spam midden.
I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca

Le Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:20:53 +0000, Claire Petersky a écrit :

Quoted message said:

I am working with someone professionally who has just taken up bicycle
commuting. He writes in a recent email:

---
I'm commuting from Bainbridge Island. I'm up at the northern end and it's a
little over 7 miles to and from the ferry. Yes, I've slept well these past
few nights.

I have to admit that I'm not a stylistic nor sophisticated biker. I spit, I
sing out loud (and poorly) to make the riding go by faster, wear cotton
clothing, Feel like I'm in a Lamaz clas when I breathe, my face turns bright
red from the exertion, and I look absolutely wiped out when I finally get to
my destination. 4 people commented yesterday at the elevator how tired I
look.

Other than that, I think biking to work is the COOLEST thing.
---

I just loved this. Isn't great to discover something new? Don't you wish you
were just taking up bicycle commuting again?

This month, PRO VELO Suisse (our national bicycling advocacy assocation)
is organizing a "Bike-to-work" event where the goal is to get volunteers
to cycle to work at least half of the days during one month. At my job, we
got about 15 people over 100 to sign-in, which is quite encouraging.

It is interesting to look at a few behaviours. Most just do it. The guys
who are very sports oriented complain about the lack of showers because
they can't figure how to just ride quietly. And the guy who is always late
at the morning meeting is now finding new excuses as, you know, he has to
drop his baby at day care, and that involves mounting and dismounting the
baby seat, and the 4 km are slower than by car. During coffee break,
the few who would come by bike anyway just smile knowingly ;-)

Turtle

Tom Keats said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Michael said:

Day after day of
rain and gray, temperature well into the Unseasonably Cold range. Very
uninspiring. In about 2 1/2 months September chill will be here.
Oh joy. :-(

I don't know in which region you live, but here in the rainy PNW,
September is a lovely month in which to ride....

(snip)

Quoted message said:

cheers,
Tom

I live in southern NYS, on the NY/PA border. September can be nice. September
can be miserable. It's the "border month" between hot August and (usually)
chilly October; anything can happen in September. So I just anticipate "chill"
and am thus prepared for the worst; if September and early October turn out to
be warm, it's a gift. The first unpleasantness is morning chill. A September
morning can send us looking for sweatshirt/sweater, yet 2-3 hours later it might
be downright hot. What I dislike is crawling out of bed to step out into chill;
grasping cold bars; feeling skin temperature drop precipitously well before I've
reached speed. I tense up; neck and shoulders first, then jaw. It's not my
idea of a pleasant way to start the new day.

--
Michael

Bill Baka said:

Pat in TX said:

"Wild Bill" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

<plonk>

Roger that.
Bill Baka

Copy of offensive post forwarded to [email hidden], then plonk.

Bill in Utah

__o | Hummer: 10 mpg
_`\(,_ | Bicycle: uses no oil at all.
(_)/ (_) | So, who are the patriots?

Michael said:

For weeks I've remembered how great it felt to get up early, immediately
(no coffee!) don smelly t-shirt and shorts and spin for an hour or so.

^^^^^^^^

This is the part of your story I can't believe. Leaving the house
without coffee is just *wrong*.

--
Dane Buson - [email hidden]
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if
I had any firearms with me. I said, "Well, what do you need?"
-- Steven Wright

In article <[email hidden]>,

Michael said:

What I dislike is crawling out of bed to step out into chill;
grasping cold bars; feeling skin temperature drop precipitously well before I've
reached speed. I tense up; neck and shoulders first, then jaw. It's not my
idea of a pleasant way to start the new day.

Yeah, that initial shock of coldness on a chilly morning
is pretty odious. One thing I find that helps me is to
pre-warm my gloves on the hot air duct of our forced-air
furnace. When I focus on how warm 'n cozy my hands are,
I forget how cold the rest of me is :-) And I have some
nearby upgrades that I can attack with gusto to warm up
faster, although I don't really like doing that right at
the very start of a ride, especially when it's cold out.

I think the absolute worst for me has been having to
work outdoors in the pouring rain and getting soaked,
then having to ride home in wet work clothes -- ride
too slowly and you get cold, ride too fast and you get
cold. I guess when things look bad, I tend to think of
worse times, and then it ain't so bad after all.

cheers,
Tom

--
-- Nothing is safe from me.
Above address is just a spam midden.
I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca

Michael said:

Not that I really care, mind you, but wonder what you intended "Wild Bill
Kizer
the man!!!" to mean.
"Wild, Bill. Kizer the man!!!" ?
"Wild Bill: Kizer the man!!! ?
(I have no idea what "kizer"-ing involves.)
Whatever.

"You never did the Kenosha, kid."

--
Paul Turner