Like a Minivan
Shawn’s cargo bike
Shawn O’Keefe was explaining to me how he bought a cargo bike to take his kids to school, but the convo was really about getting old, being responsible, and two friends that don’t ride together as much anymore.
“It’s like your minivan,” I said.
I think he secretly hated that bike, like you hate a minivan for being so practical, and the right thing to do for the wife and kids.
“When you kids get older, they’ll weight too much for it, so you can retire it then.”
That’s what I did and got a race bike, like this one.
An unrelenting bike
Getting your groove back on the bike, experiencing that momentum once again, and immersing yourself in the ride is the theme for the next issue of our magazine, number 23. Our back catalog is on iTunes and the Web and cost $4 or $16 for an annual subscription. The current issue, number 22, in is about Sounds, like the one the chains and huge lock made when Shawn unlocked his cargo bike from that tree.