Yesterday, as my train towards home was approaching my stop, I stepped into the vestibule and put down my bag while I fumbled around in my pockets for my bike lock keys. Just in front of me was a woman who might've been 65 or might've been 80; she was very nicely dressed and superficially was in good physical shape. She stood erect, did not seem strained by the train's rocking back and forth, and was slim and relatively tall. I had just begun to think that if I were to make it to her age and be able to enjoy it as much as she likely was, it would be because I would have been cycling for the past 20-30 years. I often see "well-kept" older (70+) people riding the Prairie Path. More of them are women than men.
Just as I started to wonder if she cycled, the train arrived at my stop, She turned, looked at me and said "Do you *ride* a Rivendell?". The emphasis on "ride" was hers. That was a first. A little wide-eyed at the question, I said "I do!". Just then, as I leaned over to pick up my bag to leave the train, I realized something. I began to say "Did you..." as she began to say "I...". And then we said in unison "...recognize the bag". It was a SaddleSack Medium. She smiled and nodded. She would've looked perfect on a Glorius. I picked up the bag, stepped off the train, walked to my Hillborne and rode home. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Sep 30, 11:10 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > He ought to move to the NEw Territories. Lots of old men ride bikes here. > > They have PVC pipes rigged to the handlebars to hold their fishing poles. > > It is a small world after all! (please do not hate me for getting > that annoying tune in your head) > > On my morning commute here in Chicago I will often see elderly men, > Chinese and Vietnamese among them, heading to Lake Michigan on old > mtbs rigged to carry their fishing gear. > > On Sep 29, 6:23 pm, Fai Mao <i.am.fai....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > He ought to move to the NEw Territories. Lots of old men ride bikes here. > > They have PVC pipes rigged to the handlebars to hold their fishing poles. > > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Yeah .... I gotta get to a year round cycling climate that's warm. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscribÂ...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > Fai Mao > > The Blogger who sometimes responds to comments- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
