Taking One From The Team?

 The other day, while pedaling into wind toward Rockaway surf, I spotted this:

It’s called the “Queens Flyer.” Lots of things related to New York City’s most diverse borough bear that color scheme because Queens is home to the Mets.

I have to wonder, though:  Was this bike an attempt at fandom without paying a licensing fee?* You tell me.

*-Although I have been a Mets fan for about as long as I’ve been a cyclist—which is to say, most of my life—I won’t lose any sleep over the team’s owner (reportedly the richest in sports save, perhaps, for members of Middle Eastern royalty who own European football teams) losing a licensing fee or two.

Would You Buy A Bike From This Man?

 Call me a monster, if you will. There are a few people and things that make me wish abortion could be retroactive Two of them are so-called musical groups:  Chicago and Nickelback. Another is a so-called singer: Debby Boone.

Also within the realm of noise that people will listen to, and pay for the privilege, I would include most of today’s Republican Party.  As for the family of the Fake Tan Führer, I would extend my wish a couple of generations back.

Another “Exhibit A” in the case for retroactive abortion, to my mind, was Pee Wee Herman. 

Of course, not everyone felt the same way I do. Otherwise, why would there be a market for his most famous prop:  the bicycle he used in the movie “Pee Wee’d Big Adventure?”

It will be up for auction in a week, and is expected to command a price between $30,000 and $60,000. Just in case you might be interested.

By the way:  He never had any children. Someone might see that as “proof” a rumor that circulates every decade is true: Cycling causes male sterility. Maybe someone secretly installed an undetectable birth control device!

Plays of Light, Riding Through Seasons

This afternoon I took another ride from one season to another, though the change wasn’t quite as drastic as what I experienced last Saturday. 

Actually, when I began the ride, the temperature was 72F (22C), which would be normal about three or four weeks from now. But once I crossed the bridge to Rockaway Beach, the temperature dropped about 20 degrees F, which would’ve been normal about a month ago.

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I didn’t mind: I got to enjoy plays of light through clouds and on waves along the south shore from Rockaway Beach to Point Lookout and back across the Rockaways to Riis Park, Sheepshead Bay and Coney Island.