Bikes 17 Jul 2006 10:47 am
Tandem, day 4
1.34 miles this morning. Nice day for a ride: cloudy and cool, with no glare off the road.
Cam: “There sure are a lot of cars today! What are all these cars doing here?!”
Josh: “There’ve been three.”
Cam: “No way!!”
I swear, there were at least five. Though it is just barely possible that it was a deceptively three-like value of five. In any case, I’m still getting used to the sound of the bike; I haven’t yet learned to trust that I’ll be able to hear cars over the bike noises (not to mention any nearby construction noises), and of course I can’t really see much of anything, so every car is still an event for me.
Intellectually I know that it’s not particularly unsafe compared to many other car-bike situations, but even so I get the heebie-jeebies when we’re passed from behind. We’ve added a mirror to the stoker handlebars, but it’s been a pain to keep it adjusted, so it hasn’t been very useful. I’d like to try one of the helmet mirrors.
Today I learned to post a little bit, or at least take some of my weight off the saddle. I also learned to let Josh take more of the load as we go uphill, at least for now. “Hey, Josh can use the exercise,” I rationalize. “It’s good for both of us.” And coasting is becoming much easier.
on 17 Jul 2006 at 7:01 pm 1.Mia said …
Could it have been a 5-like value of 3?
Also, it’s fun to read about the progress you two are making.