Thursday, November 10, 2011

Bike love



Bike Love Haiku


"Lindy in the Rain" by Bruce Turner



梅雨が来た
水着着て乗る
ロード愛
The rain now has come.
Wear a swimsuit and ride.
Road bike love.
I wrote this Haiku because I ride in any weather. Unless there is a snow storm and it's -10 degrees,
you will probably find me on my bike. One day, while getting ready to ride to work, I realized that my clothes would be soaked before I even got 2 blocks down the street. So on that day I decided to try something new. It was a relatively warm day for a Japanese November so I put on my swimsuit and rode to work. Everyone I passed on the road thought I was crazy. It was raining like a typhoon and here I am cruizing down the road in a helmet and swimsuit. When I got to work my messenger bag was still dry on the inside thankfully and my work clothes were all dry and warm. My manager was not to pleased when I strolled into work with my soaking wet attire. He thought I had planned to work that day in my swimsuit, dripping wet. He was really relieved when I told him I had more clothes but I got a laugh out of his reaction to seeing me first walk in the store.

4 comments:

  1. hey eric!
    this is nice! althoguh there is not the word that I suggested to you lol
    and I did not know that the outfit you wear is swimsuit until now...
    so all bike people wear swimsuits right? is it better than just daily clothes?
    if so, how?

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  2. Haha, Thanks for the help!!

    I think I am the only person who wears a swimsuit to go biking in the rain. I like it because it gets dry faster than normal clothes. Also it's less heavy when it gets wet!

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  3. Good story and haiku.

    Does it get too hard to ride on when it rains?

    I have always wanted to have a road bike, but I have never had the money for it.

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  4. Great! I wish I had something which I could be this passionate about. Going to work with bike while its raining???!!! This is one thing I would never do though! Niceeeeeeeeee

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