I signed the pledge to ride my bike every day in April this year. I heard about 30 Days of Biking from my friend Barb Kelly, who lives in Hayward, Wisconsin. For every 30 pledges, they donate one bike to Free Bikes for Kids. Super!
April 1st was warm and pleasant in Fargo, so it was a great day to start biking to work again. I decided to use my Bridgestone MB-0, which had been repainted last fall by Larry at Great Northern Bicycle Company in Fargo. I didn't have my rack put on it, so after carefully packing my bike bag with everything needed for a day at NDSU, I had to repack everything into a backpack. I wore my work clothes, since my commute is short and flat. This photo doesn't show it very well, but my beige blazer matches the paint job on my bike. I had to wear a scarf to protect against a slight chill in the air. My leather ski gloves and a helmet completed my outfit. I just tucked my pant leg into my sock, since I couldn't find any of my straps to keep the pant leg out of my chain.
April 1st was warm and pleasant in Fargo, so it was a great day to start biking to work again. I decided to use my Bridgestone MB-0, which had been repainted last fall by Larry at Great Northern Bicycle Company in Fargo. I didn't have my rack put on it, so after carefully packing my bike bag with everything needed for a day at NDSU, I had to repack everything into a backpack. I wore my work clothes, since my commute is short and flat. This photo doesn't show it very well, but my beige blazer matches the paint job on my bike. I had to wear a scarf to protect against a slight chill in the air. My leather ski gloves and a helmet completed my outfit. I just tucked my pant leg into my sock, since I couldn't find any of my straps to keep the pant leg out of my chain.
I appreciate how the City of Fargo has created bike lanes on several major roads. Riding in the bike lane on 12th Ave N saved my bacon today. As I passed a cross street, I saw a large SUV coast through a stop sign while the driver was looking down at the cell phone in her hand. I'm glad I wasn't in the crosswalk, but on the road, otherwise we would have had a collision. I prefer not to ride with the car traffic, but counterintuitively, I have found it to be safer than riding on the sidewalk because I always have these kind of near-accidents as I ride in the crosswalk. Most drivers don't stop at the stop sign, but cruise right through the crosswalk to the corner.
First day of riding went well--no problems!
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