Great Weather for Biking in January

Again the San Francisco Bay Area is having spring like weather which means great biking. Still thinking that summer is going to be colder than usual.

My Rails-To-Trails jersey arrived and my new Walz Cap. Rails-To-Trails is a great organization to support. They buy old railroad lines and turn them into walking and biking trails. As you can see it was a beautiful day in January for a bike ride.

The good thing about having a Wednesday and Thursday for a weekend is that the traffic is low. The rough part is not going on group rides.

Since I'm the only cyclist at work sometimes I think people just pretend to listen when I talk about cycling. But the way I see it I have to listen to conversations I really don't care about so they can listen to me talk about my bike rides.

I do like to see so many taking up bike riding. The more people that ride the better it is for bike riders. Car drivers have to get use to seeing bicyclist and that way they become aware and to look for bike riders.

1985-1988 bike riding was reintroduced to me in Japan. Was great riding in Japan because bikes belonged on the roads. Didn't have people honking at me or throwing things at me there. The bad part was that military personnel were not allowed to ride a bike during the winter because of the snow.

One thing I have noticed that I get honked at less and I haven't had anything thrown at me for some time. When I started riding in the States in 1988 it seems like I was honked at all the time and got use to dodging flying objects from cars. Got pretty good at judging when something soon was coming my way.

My Top 10 for the Minute:

1.Angels Are Hard To Find-Hank Williams Jr.

2. Left To My Own Devices-Pet Shop Boys

3. After The Fire Is Gone-Conway Twitty

4. I'll Never Smile Again-The Platters

5. Pardon Me-Allison Moorer

6. Dreamin'-Weezer

7. It's Oh So Quiet-Bjork

8. Just Plain Funky-The Bucketheads

9. Tally Ho-Jr. Walker and The All Stars

10. She's got You-Patsy Cline