bike people

I became a bike person today,

I hadn’t ridden a bike in years and today it took me a whole street to figure out how to switch gears;

I became a bike person today,

maybe the nice weather and lack of traffic helped convince my mind of the delight of well, bike people.

I might become a bike person today,

because the back brakes are failing and I almost flew myself over the front handle bars trying to slow down to cross the road, of course beside me was the Wednesday farmers market;

I still might consider becoming a bike person,

because my mental health is declining and feeling my legs and back ache at the climb of every hill is thrilling;

I am a bike person

because my little adventure made me think of how many things bike people must put up with every day; crouch ache, back pain, shredded thighs, an occasional duck (quite possibly angry duck) and countless spider webs.

After all, it isn’t really that bad. Maybe bike people are onto something?

- a.m