Twice I have pedaled through clouds and once, when looking into the horizon, I saw a jet cruising at an altitude a few hundred feet lower than the peak I had just ascended on my bike.
So, as you can imagine, I have respect for Avi and Jesse:
They were riding down a side street near the boardwalk in Long Beach, on the South Shore of Nassau County. They had just ridden on that boardwalk, as I would soon afterward.
Avi, who's in this photo, and Jesse are members of a hardcore-punkish-funkish band called White Goblin. As if that isn't enough to make realize how middle-aged and bourgeois I am, they said they've been to nearly every Critical Mass ride for the past ten years or so.
They--especially Avi--are very engaging, and that is almost reason enough to go to their next performance. I wonder whether they'll go to it on the bikes they rode today:
They built their two-story bikes from a variety of frames and parts. They even did their own welding. It's not the most elegant work, but I give them "props" for it. After all, I've never welded anything.
And, yes, Jesse was riding in his bare feet.
Perhaps that's not as shocking as the three-high bike he told me he built, or the double-decker tandem (made from two tandems) Avi says he made.
For these guys, a Pedersen would be a "comfort" bike.
They expressed as much admiration for Arielle as I did for their bikes.
Then it was off to Point Lookout, for my first ride there this year.
And Arielle soaked up the rays:
So, as you can imagine, I have respect for Avi and Jesse:
They were riding down a side street near the boardwalk in Long Beach, on the South Shore of Nassau County. They had just ridden on that boardwalk, as I would soon afterward.
Avi, who's in this photo, and Jesse are members of a hardcore-punkish-funkish band called White Goblin. As if that isn't enough to make realize how middle-aged and bourgeois I am, they said they've been to nearly every Critical Mass ride for the past ten years or so.
They--especially Avi--are very engaging, and that is almost reason enough to go to their next performance. I wonder whether they'll go to it on the bikes they rode today:
They built their two-story bikes from a variety of frames and parts. They even did their own welding. It's not the most elegant work, but I give them "props" for it. After all, I've never welded anything.
And, yes, Jesse was riding in his bare feet.
Perhaps that's not as shocking as the three-high bike he told me he built, or the double-decker tandem (made from two tandems) Avi says he made.
For these guys, a Pedersen would be a "comfort" bike.
They expressed as much admiration for Arielle as I did for their bikes.
Then it was off to Point Lookout, for my first ride there this year.
And Arielle soaked up the rays:
