Beverly wrote:
The Historian wrote:
The Historian wrote:
I intended to go hiking today, but I took a "road less traveled":
(Gold's Gym, Royersford. A fat chess historian is lifting. He sees a
gym member exit and hop on his bike.)
Neil: Hey, where'd you get the bike?
Gym member: A place called Bikesport in Trappe. See ya! (He pedals
off.)
Neil: Hmm. Trappe isn't that far from here. I could stop on the way to
Valley Forge Park, spend a few minutes, and then go hiking.
(The scene shifts uneasily to Bikesport in Trappe. All the employees
are young enough to be The Historian's children. He approaches one of
the kids.)
Neil: Could you help me, please? I haven't ridden a bicycle since I was
ten, and that was a 15 dollar Huffy. I understand bikes may have
improved over the past three decades. I'd just like to spend a couple
of minutes looking, and I'm not ready to buy yet.
Employee: OK.
Neil: Do these things still come with baskets in the front?
(She shows The Historian a few bikes. Two and a half hours go by.)
Neil: I really like this Trek Navigator 3.0. It seems stable, and the
seat is nearly as wide as my own. I'm not ready to buy yet, but I'll be
back in a few months.
Employee: We have a sale ending today, and financing is available.
Neil: Financing? A sale? (A smile crosses his face.) Let's ride!
Neil, the Hik, err, Biking Historian
385/275/220
Woo Hoo! Neil has a bike!!!
Nice choice. I happen to be a real Trek fan. Did you get the silver/black
or green?
Silver and black. Black is a slimming color, and silver matches my
hair....unfortunately.
I note that the 'Newsgroup Celeb' Preston Crawford rides a Trek:
http://www.prestoncrawford.com/album...s/meontrek.jpg
Mr. Crawford was over 400 pounds when he started riding. How can I
complain about being too fat to ride at 275?
My one concern is that I will become discouraged at the learning curve.
I didn't ride long as a child. I was too busy building my future as a
FFID to do such things as bike. So please don't say "it's just like
riding a bicycle....", because for some of us it's not, because we
never learned in the first place. Keeping balanced is going to be my
first, and perhaps greatest, challenge.
Neil
385/275/220