I was a single father raising two kids, working full time and finishing my degree and those days of riding for fun was something I just had to give up. I compensated by pulling my kids in a trailer to daycare then to school. We would use the trailer to go grocery shopping and to the laundromat, (the trailer was pretty full) but it was fun. We had adventures on the weekend, anywhere I could pull them.
Eventually they got to big for the trailer but I still commuted. I also read a lot about cycling, living precariously through others on cycling forums. One son got into bicycles until skateboarding took over, the other never learned to ride a bike, never interested him. I really didn't miss riding by myself. My life changed, my time was dedicated to raising my children and I knew someday they would be off doing their own thing. Now my kids are grown and off to University and College and I have a lot more free time. So now until the day I die, I have all the time in world to ride my bike. Cycling never left my life since I was 16, it has just changed shape and form over the years and I have no regrets. Especially now that I have a Rivendell! I am not saying you should think like me, it is just a story about prioritizing, others may have done things a lot different. On Friday, February 21, 2014 8:12:47 PM UTC-5, murphyjrfk wrote: > > I know it's a bit off topic- but it's still cold and snowy. > > It seems every year, especially winter, I get grand ideas to get out and > ride more. Lofty goals like finishing a P12 and taking a tour--but alas it > never happens. I read about Jan's adventures and other list members and I > know they have families and kids and jobs and other grown up things and can > still find the time. I can't ever seem to. Between the kids and wife and > work and etc etc it just seems to fly and then it's another winter thinking > the same thing. Don't get me wrong I love my kids and my wife and my job > for that matter-but man I'd like to ride a bit more too. > > So you over achievers among us-how do you do it?! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
