[TheForge] weather report yak

[H and P Foster]

 Andy

I like your line about legs like tree trunks, as it reminds me of a time on
our rip when we stopped towards the end of a day in Oklahoma and my wife
goes in a little country store to get some supplies for supper while I
stayed with the bikes.  An old guy comes out of the store and asks where we
have  come from and after telling him, he says "that's why Mom has such big
muscles"   We laugh about it still.

Harry


	My heavy bicycling days were spent at UC Davis.  We rode over
	700 miles/week... now considered to be gross overtraining, but
	man my legs were like tree trunks attached to this skinny little
	body.  We had fun.

> Now when I need a bike fix, I rent a Harley Low Rider and mostly enjoy 
> going along at the speed limit, with the odd burst to enjoy that sound 
> and tourque.  I lift my glass to the joy of a bike ride, there is 
> nothing quite like it.

	I gave up street riding in 1978 when I was coming home from work
	on one of those horrible 6-cylinder Hondas.  I came off the
	Hillsdale Blvd exit on 101 (San Mateo CA) at high speed and lo
	and behold there's a 63 Chevy, gold paint, coming up the exit ramp
	trying to get on the freeway.  To this day I have the image of
	the driver emblazoned into my memory: either one of the most
	painfully ugly women God ever put breath into or some hippie d00d
	with glasses and long hair.  I could never tell which.  Scared
	the bejeezus out of me as I barely missed a high speed head on
	collision in a turn.  Put the bike up for sale and never looked
	back.  I realized at that moment that I just don't have enough
	control over what other people do to feel sufficiently safe to
	ride on the street.  I never scared easily, but that sure put
	my nerves to the test.
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