Slushy snow day fun!

February 25, 2013

Do you ever go out for a bicycle ride and discover that you are having even more fun than you anticipated?  Yeah, I know!  Me too!  Today I came out of my place of working and began propelling myself homewards.  My departure was delayed somewhat by a zipper blowout on my trusty Illuminite jacket.

Damn.  Well that replacement zipper only cost me $20 and lasted 3 years, so I'd say that was money well spent that I will spend again as soon as I can make it over to the tailor's.

My ride home felt nice and warm.  I got to a multi-use path entrance from a street and popped a wheelie and rode happily through the fluffy, slushy snow.

Ahhh!  So nice!  This was an enjoyable interaction with the occasionally treacherous entity we here in Mexico's fluffy snow-capped umbrella of USiness call "snow."  I knew it was a magical moment and I think this faerie or nymph that appeared to be returning to its tree-home was an exclamation point to the sentence of transcendence I had received.

Onward I slowly sped with renewed vigor.  I enjoyed the squishy sound the tyre and slushy snow combo produced as I rolled carefreely yonwards.  Now this is living!  Not sure how long these fantastic snow conditions will last, but it's a lot cheaper than skiing!  Yaaa-ho!  Yes I am sure that I am not the first to compare bicycling on snow to skiing on snow.  And just like skiing, there are many ways to approach bicycling on snow.  You've got your finesse riders.  They might bunny hop or portage from time to time (kind of like moguls?).  Completely unabashedly, I might and will add.  But that ain't me and the fat Old Bastard.  We plunge heavily forwards with a substantial quantity of momentum.  Measured in Fat figgin' Newton minutes.  Like a short round kid on skis that are taller than him.

So I hear there is a bicycle-oriented movie called Reveal the Path that will be shown at Aksarben Cinema on February 28 (social hour at 6, flim-flamming at 7).  Sponsored by Omaha Pedalers.  I will plan on attending and meeting you there.  Always fun to get out and relate with other bicyclers.  I might even bring a slushy snowball to playfully pelt someone with before pointing innocently at my neighbor!  Yay!  Let's get bikey!