RIDE without fear

[Trek420]

I prefer club rides or group rides.

When we spring forward and till we fall back I'll return to a ride to work a day or so a week habit.

My commute is neither the best nor the worst area. There is a bike/ped overpass over the Nimitz that starts and ends in a residential area but it's a little ... well few people are there.

I keep a small knife in the back of my left glove only for when I go there.

Kids, don't do this at home .

And of course always carry a charged cell and wear roadid.

It's not so much violence but we're so vulnerable.

There's a moment I take before every ride, I can't exactly call it prayer but reflection. Just thinking that all it takes is a moment and I gotta pay attention. Be aware.

Dogs, crack in the pavement, wrong angle across a track...tires blows at just the wrong time, cars and distracted drivers of course...we're very vulnerable.

But I don't think we ride to anticipate everything that could go wrong and all risks.

Everybody be safe and ..... ride lots

There's only a couple of times on the bike I felt a little jeopardized and it turned out ok.