Monday, November 10, 2008

Spontaneous non-Combustion

It was over before I could pull out my camera.

Perhaps there will come a day when this is commonplace -- it certainly felt commonplace judging from the complete lack of any reaction -- but at the corner of Peachtree and 5th ...

Rewind several months: In April of 2007, one block away, three cyclists spontaneously met at the stoplight. The following Spring, five cyclists' paths converged upon the intersection. This morning, I followed a pair of cyclists approaching a third cyclist waiting at the light. Before I clipped out, another approached from the left and then another from the right. Six simultaneous, independent bicycle commuters. No internal combustion required.

I like when the commute turns into a group ride.

Commute Summary


Round Trip Distance: 18.8
Number of Cyclists seen: 25 (9 inbound and 16 outbound)
In-bound Route: Goofin' 9.6
Out-bound Route: Emory via Clifton
Weather: Maybe I should have worn long pants. Fingers stiff with no gloves. Must have been closer to freezing than I thought.

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2 Comments:

At 11/12/08, 8:57 PM, Blogger BarryHall said...

Hey Jett:
Funny that you had that experience this week, as I had just been reading bikeportland.org again over the weekend.

The blogger has images of a very usual commute there in soggy Oregon.
I hope it's OK to put links into the notes here.

Anyway, it *is* odd that Portland, with all it's crappy weather from October to April has become such a bike-crazy place.

The weather here is so much better. Weird.
This time of year here is, by far, my favorite for commuting.

Just thought to pass these along...as a sort of "someday this could be us..." moment.

Ride safe,
Barry

http://bikeportland.org/photos/photo/2902450624/bike-traffic-in-portland-5jpg.html

http://bikeportland.org/photos/photo/2902450624/bike-traffic-in-portland-5jpg.html

 
At 11/12/08, 8:59 PM, Blogger BarryHall said...

Sorry...meant for one of those URLs to have a "4" in it.

The idea, though, is clear.

http://bikeportland.org/photos/photo/2901609603/bike-traffic-in-portland-4jpg.html

 

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