Dear So and So

[Lise]

(My apologies if it turns out that it was one of you...)

I wish.

No, no, I mean, I would've been much more polite!

I also wish it were a bit warmer here. How is it that we have a high of 59 for today, and it's 100 in BC, which is surely north of Chicago?!?

Ride on! Lise

[crazycanuck]

Dear pen & paper,

Please remind me to make a list and check it twice before i go biking....Had i made a list & checked twice i would not have left my shoes at home today...

I remembered i'd left me shoes by the door about 10min away from the starting point...

I ended up walking a certain mtb trail...noone was around though...!



c

[Nanci]

Dear CrazyCanuck,

One time when I was training for my first "real" triathlon (first and only, so far, not counting the super-sprint kids tri I did a year ago) I wore my swimsuit to swim, first, and drove to this really cool bike trail, and found out I forgot my bike shorts. So I had to ride in rolled up knit crop pants. I had a hard time deciding if I would look weirder with my bike jersey or my swimsuit...

So now I have a small bag with a spare everything in it in my truck- stuff that I don't miss, like my least favorite jersey and shorts and socks and shoes and swimsuit and a little towel.

And I just store almost all my bike gear in that Mountainsmith Modular Hauler thing in my truck, but I realize probably most people don't have enough room for that.

Nanci

[doc]

Dear pen & paper,

Please remind me to make a list and check it twice before i go biking....Had i made a list & checked twice i would not have left my shoes at home today...

I remembered i'd left me shoes by the door about 10min away from the starting point...

I ended up walking a certain mtb trail...noone was around though...!



c

Don't feel bad. I once arrived at a group ride to find I remembered everything but MY BIKE!!!!!

[crazycanuck]

Umm doc, please tell me how you forgot your bike....????

I don't feel so bad now....

I just want to make sure the dirt & rocks still love me.....



c

[doc]

crazyc, this is how my thought process goes:
Mental checklist of things easily forgotten:
helmet check
gloves check
shoes check
waterbottles check
chamois buttr check
$$ check
snack check
OK I must be ready then!!
Duh!!!

My bike goes IN the car so I didn't have an empty bike rack to remind me. After all, how the hell do you forget your bike??? Imagine my expression when I opened the hatch.

[Brandy]

Dear camping gear,

Please pack yourself.

Signed,

lovestocampbuthatestopack