BF isn't going if he can't ride. He's going cave diving instead. Dill will wait in the car, in his Swiss Army (really) WWll pigeon sleeping bag. He only has one (paralyzed) leg, so at home he's just out on a bed where he can flounder at will (think kid in a playpen) but if he can't be there, he feels most secure in his pigeon holder thing. It's only going to be 70, and raining, so he won't get hot.
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"...I'm like the cycling version of the guy in Flowers for Algernon." Mike Magnuson