October Secret Sister Sign up and theme choosing.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Mailed my secret sister's package off today!
Most appropriately, I brought it to the P.O. on my bicycle.

[CyclChyk]

Yeh Lisa! Supporting the cause! I'm jealous cuz I might get killed if I try to ride my bike to the PO. Most roads around where I live aren't so biker friendly.

HOWEVER - We went to Performance Bike in Hotlanta today, and I picked up the last of my SS's gift and I will be mailing it off tomorrow.

YEH! This is fun

[Aggie_Ama]

Mailed my secret sister's package off today!
Most appropriately, I brought it to the P.O. on my bicycle.

You know in November I will finally be able to do this!! We are moving to a quieter town and the post office will be a short bike ride away. I might need to start researching some racks/panniers. Of course I can only imagine the look on the small Texas town's locals when they see the new resident running errands on her bike for the pure joy of it! I think it would be something like this:

[uforgot]

You know in November I will finally be able to do this!! We are moving to a quieter town and the post office will be a short bike ride away. I might need to start researching some racks/panniers. Of course I can only imagine the look on the small Texas town's locals when they see the new resident running errands on her bike for the pure joy of it! I think it would be something like this:

Aggie, YOU may also be surprised. I live in a verrrry small town. It is rather dangerous riding to the PO as I'm expected to wave to every car, (because they always honk and wave) I'm always given the right-of-way at the town's only 4 way stop, and you are treated with utmost courtesy. 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.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

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!

[chickwhorips]

yup people think i'm crazy for running and biking here, because they are jealous! i love it!

they are very nice around here. (the ones that live here, the visitors... well see dear so and so and they need a swift kick in the shin to say the least.) having a hard time imagining myself in a bigger town after here. something with a couple hundered scares me now! i'm terrified of going back to phoenix. but enough about me and living in isolation.....

glad to hear there are others that like living in small places.

[short cut sally]

I wished I didn't have to shop online for some things re; to biking. I do live in the sticks as they are called. The closest (LBS) is about 20 minutes away, he sells only bikes, and not one thing more. The nice shops are like 1 hour 10 mins. away one way via vehicle, they offer womens things to view and buy. So that limits my shopping pleasure to catalogs and the computer. So my socks were ordered this morning at TE, to be sent to me so I can pkg. along with other items and send off to my SS. NOt to threadjack, but I tend to agree with Lisa SH, I live in the country and usually ride around a small town as part of my routine, I get from people "I saw you out on your bike"..Or this is the best, and I have yet to figure this out.." I thought that was you, I could tell by your shape" or best yet, "your legs"..now clad in spandex, helmet, glasses, and the whole get up..how can these people figure this out? I guess people pay more attention than I thought..Oh well, end of jack,

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yes Shelly, I get the same thing!...."I saw you all the way over in New Lebanon the other day on your bike, was that you? Did you ride all the way over there?? Where are you going today??" It almost makes me feel like I am a torchbearer of some sort- people getting a vicarious thrill over spotting me biking in adjacent towns....is it like a "Where's Elmo?" kind of thing?

[JmcG]

Ok, this sounds like a lot of fun! I want to get in on this whole secret sister thing next month! When are we deciding on November's treat??

[crazycanuck]

Thanks to TE i found my SS some nice warm socks for the winter up yonder in North America...

The rest of the goodies will be sent early next week.

Have a good one
c

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

You know in November I will finally be able to do this!! We are moving to a quieter town and the post office will be a short bike ride away. I might need to start researching some racks/panniers. Of course I can only imagine the look on the small Texas town's locals when they see the new resident running errands on her bike for the pure joy of it! I think it would be something like this:

No, they'll be secretly jealous. and will wish THEY had a bike and were free spirits enough to get in shape, save gas, and go forth on their OWN POWER!

[Aggie_Ama]

Well, I think they will still be puzzled. We are moving to a small (pop. 1,400), sprawling town outside Austin. It is close enough to commute to Austin, too far and small to be a suburb. This is the same are my DH and I got a firecracker thrown at us on July 3rd. The bubbas in their big trucks may not understand. Still looking forward to moving and riding, the area has a lot of great quiet roads. In fact that is the main reason we chose it over some other areas!

I might be pleasantly surprised when we move up there.