Quote Originally Posted by uforgot View Post
Aggie, YOU may also be surprised. I live in a verrrry small town. ....You may have to have several conversations AT the post office about how great/terrible the weather is for a bike, or every time you walk into a store, the cashier will ask "Did you ride your bike today?" Eventually some want to know where you purchased your bike, what kind do you think THEY should get, and more often than not people tell me how great it is that I'm always on it, they wish they had that kind of energy...Yup, kind of crazy here in smallville.
I experience this every day in my small town. Even people who don't know me come up to me in a store to tell me they've gotten their bike out and are cleaning it up because of seeing me ride around doing errands. Everyone asks me where I am riding today. A older stranger came up to me today in the shoe store, and merely said "Fifty-two pounds!" I answered him "You mean you lost 52 pounds?" "Yes, by walking and hiking every day!" he answered proudly. It's weird and wonderful how biking can bring out the inner child excitement in people. All they have to do is see you and they get enthused.
Imagine what a happy world it would be if everyone rode bikes and talked about their biking with strangers!