Westside Bike Path
Yesterday I went on my longest ride yet, which really wasn’t all that long compared to all the hardcore bikers that pass me constantly [[ No one likes you ]]. But going about 11 miles at one time on my bmx was an accomplishment, considering that before 2 months ago, the last time i’d been on a bike with any sort of regularity was maybe 12 years ago. So my route took me up the eastside bike path (springwater corrider) from sellwood to steel bridge, over the bridge and down waterfront park to riverplace, and points beyond. I say points beyond because after a certain point, you slowly realize you are no longer on a bike path [[ ... and thus the decent into madness begins. ]]. At one point I had to ride on the sidewalk facing the the wrong direction [[ oh noes! ]] while cars 2 ft away from me were flying down the street AND dodging telephone poles that for some strange reason were placed in the middle of the sidewalk [[ I played this video game on nintendo in 1989 ]]. All this while trying to keep up with the line of bikers that had grouped behind me (while I love my bike, I’m not so sure people behind me do). [[ This is probably the scariest part of the whole story. Bikers in PDX are scary. ]] I did happen to notice a sign saying the bike path would be reopening in november (perfect timing for bike riding, duh). So I guess until that section opens up again, I’ll be avoiding going that way. Anyway, a question for all the millions of readers this blog has: Where do you like to ride? [[ To your mom's house. ]]
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