Dear So and So

[Catrin]

This must be one of the requirements to enter management. Another has to be the inabilty to listen to the technical people

Hang in there, Catrin!

Woooooooot! I have about 20 minutes of work left and I will have completed all I needed to this weekend! That makes 17 hours of work at home since I left the office early yesterday afternoon. AND I still got an hour bike-ride this afternoon - it was a choice of riding my bike or tossing my computer out the window...

So now my long training ride tomorrow is ON - we will see how easily it goes after too many hours on my butt since this all came down on Thursday...AND I am getting stretched by someone who knows what she is doing right before I go - it will be an interesting day on my new clipless pedals

Still not happy it came down this way, but such is life. Am thankful to have a job I like and most of the time it is not like this.

Now time for a beer and a good book Should probably hold off on the beer until after my day on the bike tomorrow, but I think I've earned it!

[inkspot]

Dear inconsiderate and just plain cruel non-cyclists,

Why must you call out insults and humiliate people who are simply out trying to get some exercise and enjoy one of the last warm days of the year?

Thank you for stating the obvious - clearly the plus-size girl does not look like the model in the ad for her Louis Garneau shorts (huh... I thought the body came with the shorts... guess not).

Thank you also for ensuring that others around would then turn, gawk, and feel the need to add in their two cents worth on my appearance.

And lastly, thank you for trying to add a little creativity and wit to your insults - because I've never heard "hey I didn't know pigs could ride bikes," or "hey fatso, get off the road, you're cracking the pavement" before.

In conclusion, YOU SUCK!

Sincerely,

Someone who is attempting to exercise more than just her mouth and her ego.

[Biciclista]

good grief, inkspot, I'm sorry you had to go through that.


To the SOB who was driving the diesel truck pulling the off road jeep.

Yes, we ARE traffic. Even though you rudely and loudly sounded your horn (airhorn, thanks, we heard you) we ARE still traffic. what is more, unfortunately for you, we are NOT able to get off the road. When the shoulder is 20 inches wide, you really have to either cross the yellow line (which IS illegal) or slow down until it IS safe for you to pass. You rattled us to the core, but you did not scare us off the road. we are traffic. get used to it.
I find it ironic that you people hog the road so that you can then ride your fat tired jeeps all over the countryside where there are no roads, but you apparentlly can't share either.. We're not going away. get over it.

[OakLeaf]

((((((inkspot))))))

People are a-holes. There's no other word for it ... I'm sorry that happened to you.

[emily_in_nc]

Inkspot,

So sorry you had to be the brunt of those imbecile's taunts. Please try not to let them discourage you from getting healthier and having fun. Only very small-minded people amuse themselves by knocking others down.

[Owlie]

Dear boyfriend:
I get that you've been riding longer than I have. However, just because you have never experienced these problems does not mean that I'm "doing it wrong" or that "it's supposed to be like that and [I'm] not used to it yet." You lack a few of the parts involved, for one thing. I know my body better than you do, thanks very much.
I think your "helpful adjustments" have created more problems than they've solved. I'll take the arm soreness over mashed girly bits, and the hip pain is not from pedaling too hard. I know what that feels like. This is due to overstretching thanks to your overzealous seatpost adjustment. (Okay, that was partly my fault.) I now need to go put my saddle back where it was.

[jelee1311]

I feel your pain -literally still can't find the right saddle some days I have doubts about the man too. Hang in there I have faith that if they can put a man on the moon ,that someday they will make a saddle to fit me.

[Trek420]

Dear neighbors,

I think it's grand that you walk with your kids to school. I applaud you for herding a half dozen or so kids to the elementary, then the middle school in a group.

It's just when you all walk right smack down the center of the street dontcha think that's not a good habit to teach the children? Do you see me smacking my head, stopping the car and waiting of course, then smiling and pointing to the side walk?

And I see you with no reaction to that whatsoever.

I know, I know, I need to bike to work so we can really have this discussion out from behind the window.

[Owlie]

The big problem is that the reach on my bike is a hair too long, so until I can get a proper fitting and a new stem (or change the angle on my adjustable stem, but I'm not exactly amenable to that), I tweaked the saddle position earlier this summer. While it does put more weight on my arms because it stretches me out a bit more, the parts are happy. He's trying to compensate for the reach. This results in pain.