I want to ride my bicycle

"Bicycle Race" was one of those catchy songs released by Queen during the late 1970s. The original music video caused quite the stir at the time with its use of nude models on bicycles. I would guess most of the song's popularity has to do with the refrain though:

I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like

That gets stuck in your ear and it's hard to get out.  It's been in mine for a couple weeks now. Ever since I got my new... bicycle!

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I consider my new Scott Sub Cross 30 the first 'real' bike I've ever had. Sure, I had bikes growing up. There were a slew of sissy bars and extended fork bikes from the days Queen was probably jamming in someone's garage. I'm pretty sure I had a 10-speed in high school - that I maybe rode a handful of times. When I hop on this one though... I feel like riding!

This is new territory for me. I don't recall having this experience before. I've been riding three or four days a week lately. Not for any great distances, but I can do 12 or 13 miles in an hour by myself. And Jane and I have been taking rides together on the weekend.

Saturday we rode out to the Feipel Farm. We took the rivergreenway around behind Menards and back to Tillman on the way there. Riding into the wind the 5.65 miles took us 39 minutes. Coming back we stayed straight on Tillman the whole way and the 4.85 miles only took 28 minutes. I'm sure it can be done quicker if we were trying.

Yesterday we rode from our house down through Foster Park and into downtown Fort Wayne. We've done this the past several weekends - either Saturday or Sunday. We usually stop at Promenade Park and stroll around a bit, and yesterday we stopped for a drink at Pint & Slice. It's a great way to leisurely kill a couple hours.

There are several routes we can take to get to downtown: the rivergreenway all the way, Foster Park to Rudisill to Fairfield, Airport Expressway to Fairfield, and several side streets in between if we so choose.

We both agree this is a luxury we never had where we grew up. The trails and places to ride bikes would be one of the hardest things to give up if we ever left. So, until then (if it ever happens), we hope to enjoy it as much as we can.

Becaaaaaaaause... I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike; I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I liiiiiiiike!