Commissary on the Townie

I ran to the commissary today on the Townie with her new Brooks seat. She still needs a name. She has no racks or even a basket yet so I have no way to carry anything on this bike other than to carry it myself. I took one of my foldable reusable bags with me and came home with bottled water, 1 liter of coke, a 6-pack of cream soda, chocolate bars that were on sale for .31 and a loaf of bread. It was pretty easy to ride with the bag slung over my shoulder but my hand felt a little sleepy about halfway home. AND to top it all off, I rode in a skirt :). I love the Townie for this purpose. I can still ride Trex in some dresses but today I’m wearing a jean skirt and that’s not about to happen on a diamond frame.

At the end of this week I’ll be headed to Amsterdam where I plan to rent and ride all sorts of cool family bikes.

Glass Recycling by bike

Today we took our glass recycling to the bins. Super exciting I know, but we had a ton and all the bins within walking distance were full. So we loaded the bottles up on the bike and off we went.

Note: We are NOT alcoholics :). This is about 2 months worth of glass.

Today’s Distance: 6k (approximately, I didn’t have the cycle computer on the whole way)

Beautiful picture from an everyday ride

Before suburban sprawl set in there were wheat fields behind my subdivision. In fact the neighborhood is called Wheatfield. Now there’s a Target and a highway, and my Dad no longer lives there but wheat fields still remind me of home.

20k Day with the Xtracycle

I went for 2 bike rides today. A 9.5K errand this morning for bread and fruit in one direction

And then a 10.5K ride to the mailroom to pick up a package in the other direction.

The scenery is beautiful along the way. 🙂