A few weeks ago I rode my bike down the the paved river trails to go fishing around dusk, but the fish weren't biting so I decided to move along and enjoy a ride.
I was in my own little world, cruising along the boring flat surface at 10mph or so, when I suddenly hear an "on your left!" I jolted from my reverie, but, before I could react, this chick on a road bike blew by me and took to the street after the bike lane ended, headed the same way I'd been going.
"Hmmm," I thought, "a showoff."
There's a sidewalk running beside the street. It's in decent shape for this town, but still has a few mini "features." I took to the sidewalk, downshifted, and pedaled hell-bent for leather. I was blowing through grass, gravel, and jumping curbs.
She saw me coming up; she bent further forward and sped up, but I still caught up to and passed her with my souped-up Bike of Theseus that still has a huge, gawdy "Schwinn" motif on the side.
It looked like she tried to catch me, but couldn't, which was good because my heatrate was in the mid-170s and I was going to have to slow down really soon.
I'm not particularly fast nor particularly good. She just sucked and was a chick.
Am I the douchebag?
I was in my own little world, cruising along the boring flat surface at 10mph or so, when I suddenly hear an "on your left!" I jolted from my reverie, but, before I could react, this chick on a road bike blew by me and took to the street after the bike lane ended, headed the same way I'd been going.
"Hmmm," I thought, "a showoff."
There's a sidewalk running beside the street. It's in decent shape for this town, but still has a few mini "features." I took to the sidewalk, downshifted, and pedaled hell-bent for leather. I was blowing through grass, gravel, and jumping curbs.
She saw me coming up; she bent further forward and sped up, but I still caught up to and passed her with my souped-up Bike of Theseus that still has a huge, gawdy "Schwinn" motif on the side.
It looked like she tried to catch me, but couldn't, which was good because my heatrate was in the mid-170s and I was going to have to slow down really soon.
I'm not particularly fast nor particularly good. She just sucked and was a chick.
Am I the douchebag?
