1) If the first leg of an early-in-the-season bike ride of the season makes you feel like a rockstar, and like you're totally in shape, there is a tailwind, and you will pay for it on the ride home.
2) Buy a spare tire intertube and an on-frame pump. Carry them when you go out for a ride.
3) 70ยบ rain is wonderful.
4) Bike cleats are hard to walk in.
5) Cement is hard on feet fresh from winter boots. Also, even baby thistles have spines.
6) Daffodils will always be my favorite flower.
7) Old people are relentless in their quest for a weed-free lawn.
8) Construction crews are fun to watch.
9) Life is what you make of it.
