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[whoreinyourhead]

i am in a rut of sorts. i'm finally getting over the january blues & i hope the valentines day present from joe [a bike!] gets a lot of use. i'm hoping to ride every day for a bit when i get home from work, but i'm nervous about riding in the street. bikers [i am looking at you rusty & des], any advice?

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[gomezvsrufio]

eff you jaqui i've actually ridden on the streets of des moines... hello?

you should always have, like, an orange in your pocket, so that if some guy makes a right turn in front of you while you're crossing an intersection, you have enough time to pull it out and try to dent his car with it. if he gets mad just say 'well, if your car hadn't been where it was, my fruit wouldn't have hit it.'

[whoreinyourhead]

haha i will try to remember that.

Re: Nothing hard about it.

[whoreinyourhead]

a bra & hot shorts it is!

Re: Nothing hard about it.

[inlanternlight]

wow what an image. :p yea dez is right, just obey the traffic laws, don't listen to music on your headphones or anything, and just be really vigilant. People are real assholes to bikers sometimes. oh yea, and watch out for people who look like they are about to get out of their car when riding along the side of the road.

Re: Nothing hard about it.

[whoreinyourhead]

the door thing is a really good tip.

oh man oh man getting the bike today!

[gomezvsrufio]

where exactly are you riding jaqui? because we obviously don't live in NYC so i think the whole 'stay off the sidewalks' thing is sorta out the window.

there are so many one way streets in DSM that you might as well hop on a fairly unoccupied sidewalk instead of going a block out of your way. you just need good reaction time in case anything gets in your way. And the sidewalks are usually pretty dead, downtown, at least. if you're gonna ride on the sidewalks just watch out for really steep curbs. again, what area/streets are you riding on?

[whoreinyourhead]

well mostly around my neighborhood for exercise. basically, i will make a right onto hickman, then ride that for a bit, then make a right onto a side street because beaver ave is kind of weird, then make another right up to franklin, then back home. i should do this in the morning so that hickman isn't fucking crazy.

on the weekends i am going to try to do trails.

[potatopanda]

i am in a rut too. stupid diet is limiting what i can enjoy eating and i havent gone out because of that and not drinking. i'm so tired of going home everyday and watching tv!! sigh. i have no patience.

[potatopanda]

oh and jaqui, i got cute new shoes today! keds has a sale. I got:

[whoreinyourhead]

oooh cute!!

[whoreinyourhead]

i really want those keds now.

[potatopanda]

Get them! Keds.com has a sale on many styles at around half off. And then I used a coupon code I found online for free shipping