NO, MY NAME DOESN'T RHYME WITH BIKE.
MICHAEL'S NEW BIKE
August 30, 2004 - I don't know if it was the residual affects of Lance
Armstrong's fifth Tour De France win earlier this summer, the idea
gasoline may be too expensive for me to purchase ever again by the end
of the year, or the random chance that I may wake up someday and find my
truck lost, stolen, or worse - broken down without a chance of repair.
One way or another, I came across this bike while
stopping in and visiting friends at Blue Genie. Chris laughed when
he jokingly suggested I should get it. I asked him how much it
was, and it was only sixty dollars. Now I may be broke, living on
the edge of poverty, and can barely eek out a rent payment once a month,
but I knew there was nothing I could do but part ways with my money and
buy this 'sweet ride'.
So with my sixty, somewhat hard earned dollars cast away for a chrome
ride, I saddled up and took the new bike for a spin I've already
been told to ignore the pain that will develop in my out of shape legs,
and worry about just how sore my ass will be tomorrow. So now I
can join all the cool kids in Austin, the healthy folks who bike places,
enjoy warm nights and sweat a bit running errands during the day.
The only question left is do I invest in a dorky looking bike helmet or
not?
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"Just because you root
for Lance Armstrong
doesn't make you an international bicycling aficionado.
Unless you can name
at least one other rider
in the 100+ years
the Tour De France has been run,
you are just someone
who likes to see
Americans beat up foreigners."
- Bill Maher |
Napoleon says, "That's a sweet ride" |
Yellow Jersey??? |
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