Helen Chick
Despite my vow to ride my bike regularly upon my return from the UK (see this post) I have been less than conscientious in this matter. This is because
- I have had late nights teaching
- I have been giving lifts home to a friend
- It’s been raining
- I’ve had to carry big piles of marking
- The clip on one of my panniers is broken
- There’s been a big box of professional development resources to carry
- I’ve been in a hurry
- I’m tired
They’re not very good excuses, are they? Nearly all of them have been over-ruled in the past. (Well, apart from the “lift for a friend” … since I can’t quite see “dinking” being successful given how much the poor bike already carries—what with a computer, change of clothes, work stuff, small piles of marking, etc).
I guess it just comes down to
- I’m pathetic
You are not pathetic…
You just need an xtracycle with lights…
check them out…http://www.xtracycle.com/
you’d be able to carry everything, AND your friend…
I can’t go anywhere unless I ride at the moment (usually towing 2 small girls)… and I’d really like one of these bikes… can you tell?
Having just come back from 2 days in Melbourne (effects of a day’s workshop on statistics eventually ameliorated by lots of shopping, the Rupert Bunny exhibition and some yummy food)I think anyone trying to ride a bike in Melb traffic must be totally mad! And that’s without the trams! So ‘an admirable sense of self-preservation’ should be your complete excuse.