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I’ve been out on the bike three times so far this year.

Three weeks ago, bikes fresh from our spring tune-up, the whole family biked out to the Olbrich playground, maybe 4-5 miles round trip. It felt great. No soreness, no dysfluency from a few months’ hibernation — this is what’s meant by “it’s like riding a bike.”

Two weeks ago we went up the Starkweather path to one of the playgrounds along it. Had some tailbone soreness, I think, and then just as I was climbing the ramp to cross East Wash on the return, I noticed my seat was coming loose!! And like a fool I didn’t have any tools on me. I wound up having to walk it home. Lesson: bring an Allen wrench.

Yesterday I had a nice milestone: I went out with H, just the two of us. Last season I hadn’t felt able to keep half an eye on her because I didn’t have half an eye to spare, but this year both of us are more competent. We went up to Tenney for a park play date with her best friend and her dad. A short ride, maybe two-three miles round trip, but it felt like freedom.

Yesterday was also my first outing with my brand spanky new panniers. I splurged on Ortlieb and I am not sorry. A gorgeous pair of back rollers in robin’s-egg blue. I fit a book, a pair of galoshes, two balls, a carton of pneumatic rocket toys, several jump ropes, a pair of binoculars, my bike lock, and my purse. Stupidly, I did not pack an Allen wrench (but happily I did not need one).

In other positive news, I am now half Modernized.

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Date: 2021-04-02 05:03 pm (UTC)
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Hurray on all counts!

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Date: 2021-04-04 12:57 am (UTC)
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Nice!

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Date: 2021-04-11 03:22 am (UTC)
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I meant to say - yay vaccine!!!

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