Sep. 2nd, 2009 08:46 am
Good motorcycle morning
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mizarchivistDurn it- I still need to get a fresh motorcycle icon. This'll do.
Since I'm out and about this evening on the far side of town and it's a gym day, I was out on the road by 6. The sun was just pinking up the sky, and wearing 3 layers of pants (turns out my workout pants fit under work fit under riding) plus a leather jacket and a scarf. So cozy! I still have issues with the sleeves of my Vanson being too long, but I love my jacket too much to alter it now. I keep hoping with time the leather will scrunch enough to work better. Or beefier gauntlets.
I know from here on out the roads are going to be overrun by crazy students and their crazy parents in overstuffed cars or -god help us- moving vans. But not at 6, oh no. It was deliciously empty most of the way. The only eeeeeep moment was when I was taking one of those somewhat narrow laned curves on Fresh Pond Pkwy. See, there's this imperfection in the road just as you take a curve on the inside- if you're not on the high part of that imperfection, you slide off into the other lane a bit. Augh! By the grace of the motor gods, the lady next to me was chill and not crowding the lane. Also, it's clear I'm not quite savvy as I'd like with left turns and curves as much as I'd like on 'Trix. Geh. (if I'd been riding the past month that wouldn't be a thing at this point. Fail!) Aaaaanyway- the Charles was looking so very beautiful with the sunrise and buildings reflecting off the water. I took![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lightniing and bryttan 's advice and parked over by the Marriott in Kendall. Mind you, I was the first bike in (at 6:25), but the spot I picked had the look of bike parking. So, for those not doing the math: it took me about 20 minutes to drive from Lexington to Kendall Sq. And that was with an overshoot at MGH, too. ^_^
The gym- despite a creaky and crampy start successfully woke me up and I'm entirely loving the variation in my breakfast right now- 1/3 the amount of yogurt & granola I normally eat, half a croissant (with lemon curd!), and one hard boiled egg < /Groucho >. But there really is a hard boiled egg. Just the one. snerk. And obviously- coffee. This ramble is entirely fueled by coffee.
Since I'm out and about this evening on the far side of town and it's a gym day, I was out on the road by 6. The sun was just pinking up the sky, and wearing 3 layers of pants (turns out my workout pants fit under work fit under riding) plus a leather jacket and a scarf. So cozy! I still have issues with the sleeves of my Vanson being too long, but I love my jacket too much to alter it now. I keep hoping with time the leather will scrunch enough to work better. Or beefier gauntlets.
I know from here on out the roads are going to be overrun by crazy students and their crazy parents in overstuffed cars or -god help us- moving vans. But not at 6, oh no. It was deliciously empty most of the way. The only eeeeeep moment was when I was taking one of those somewhat narrow laned curves on Fresh Pond Pkwy. See, there's this imperfection in the road just as you take a curve on the inside- if you're not on the high part of that imperfection, you slide off into the other lane a bit. Augh! By the grace of the motor gods, the lady next to me was chill and not crowding the lane. Also, it's clear I'm not quite savvy as I'd like with left turns and curves as much as I'd like on 'Trix. Geh. (if I'd been riding the past month that wouldn't be a thing at this point. Fail!) Aaaaanyway- the Charles was looking so very beautiful with the sunrise and buildings reflecting off the water. I took
lightniing and bryttan 's advice and parked over by the Marriott in Kendall. Mind you, I was the first bike in (at 6:25), but the spot I picked had the look of bike parking. So, for those not doing the math: it took me about 20 minutes to drive from Lexington to Kendall Sq. And that was with an overshoot at MGH, too. ^_^The gym- despite a creaky and crampy start successfully woke me up and I'm entirely loving the variation in my breakfast right now- 1/3 the amount of yogurt & granola I normally eat, half a croissant (with lemon curd!), and one hard boiled egg < /Groucho >. But there really is a hard boiled egg. Just the one. snerk. And obviously- coffee. This ramble is entirely fueled by coffee.
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Like some help with that? :-)
I love these early mornings right on the edge of fall. There's something incredibly wonderful about a ride so early in this gorgeous weather.
Maaaaybe
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Sounds like a nice ride
Planning is fun! Because I'm a nerd.
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::fervently looks forward to seeing it all again someday, though not sure when::
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