I had an interesting ride Sunday. When I was away, a new bike shop/coffee place opened up in Lexington. We saw something about it in the paper, so since the weather was still kind of on the verge of rain, we decided to take our Jamis' and do a leisurely ride, combining road and bike path. Normally, I would never ride on the Minuteman Path on a weekend, but since the weather wasn't perfect, I figured it wouldn't be busy. Anyway, when we got to lexington center, we couldn't find the place, even though, it was sort of in front of our noses... we thought it was right behind the trail, but it was across the street. The shop sells Sevens and some bikes called Public. And a whole lot of Raffa clothing and some other super expensive gear.We had our mochas and chatted with one of the guys about buying a Seven touring bike with couplers. They were friendly and not pushy, but I am pretty sure there's a small range of people who would go there. The Public bikes were not expensive and kind of cool for commuting. There were plenty of people (roadies) hanging out there, drinking coffee. While I wonder how they will stay in business, I did like the fact that they were friendly to me, despite the fact I was wearing my Zoic knickers and a fashion-y looking lycra t shirt, not regular cycling clothes.
The ride back was a little colder out and I had to stop and put my jacket on. There were more people on the trail. At one of the major street crossings (there's a light for the cyclists), a whole mob of people crossed going the other way. A kid fell off of his bike in the road, a bit behind me and right when I was about to go around the little gate to continue, a family was stopped right in my path, taking up the rather small area to pass through. I had to stop and I said "excuse me," when the mother started screaming at me, "Can't you wait?" I was really pissed, as I had been very polite and she just went off on me and continued to block my way. All they had to do was move right!
The rest of the ride was uneventful. It never rained, but was very humid. 25.7 miles.