Thursday, July 3, 2008

Takin' it to the bank

In keeping with my company's green policy, I try to do my shorter errands on my bike. I routinely ride to the Post Office to collect our company mail and even ride to a client's office in nearby Mount Airy.

However, I hadn't tried riding to my bank (only a few miles away) yet because it sits atop a quite significant hill (one of the highest points in Philadelphia, in fact).

Today I finally gave it a go . Not including a short break part way up the hill, I made it! And coming down the hill was "wicked pissah", to borrow a phrase.

Here's a comparison of the hill on the way to the bank with one of the steeper hills on the Memory Ride.



It helps a lot that I just had my bike tuned up and now have sleek new tires that are much less road resistant than my old tires (much more mountain-bikey).

Oh, and by the way this ride makes 558 miles logged for me. So I think I am just a little better than you Marge ;)

1 comment:

Gery said...

ok, you've got more miles than me, i'll concede. but did YOU meet a harpist with a flat tire? I think not! I plan to own the record for the most harpists met along the road while training for the memory ride for a long, long time. ok, ellie?