Friday, December 19, 2008

thank you minneapolis

though i can't imagine minneapolis will ever read this, thanks guys. just rode over from you to st. paul, and the experience has made it abundantly clear that you care more about your biking community than your twin city.
"bike lane?" said st. paul. "no, we don't have a bike lane in the winter."
"though it's not perfect, at least we're gonna try to plow the bike lane for our two wheeled comrads," said minneapolis.
and so the two cities differed.
there's nothing like riding in the dark as far over as possible on marshal ave, sometimes on the inside solid bike lane line, sometimes just on a bunch of snow, while cars creep snugly by you. thanks for not hitting me.
summit ave? even worse. rode on the dumb side walk.

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