test ride #1

just arrived home from test ride number one with the bike fully loaded. SHIT. not more than fifty yards out the door, i decided that i will take only sandals, no shoes. cotton pants, not jeans. one t-shirt, not two. one pair of socks. the bike feels so unstable with that much weight on the rear, that i laughed and laughed and laughed. i feel like a hummingbird, flying through windy skies, with a brick on its back. also found myself thinking that i should buy more gauze, for i cannot imagine it possible to keep the bike {with me on it} from tipping over at some point. time for a lesson in extreme minimalism. time for a lesson in balance both metaphorically and literally. time for many things i believe.

Posted by jeff at July 3, 2003 07:01 PM

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