Green Paige

Entry #7

Ten Lame Reasons Why I am Not Riding My Bike To Work More

No excuses,  right?  Wrong! I have plenty of lame, poor and bad reasons why I have not been riding lately.  Here are my top 10:

1. The beautiful Fall weather is best viewed through dirty car windows.
2. If I ride too much, I will have incredible sexy legs that will make Lance Armstrong jealous.
3. I fear that my brightly colored safety vest is making the repairs to the Hubble space telescope more challenging for astronauts.
4. If I win a free 50lb. pumpkin at work, I would not be able to carry it home on my bicycle.
5. I enjoy wiping the dew off the car windshield each morning.
6. Car exhaust is really not that bad smelling.
7. Riding on top of dry leaves makes loud, annoying, crackling noises.
8. Driving to work allows me to view the latest political bumper stickers.
9. I might miss Dancing with the Stars.
10. The smell of crisp Fall mornings with a hint of dew can’t replace the stale, plastic smell of the inside of my car.

Needless to say, I really have no good reasons.  Tomorrow, I will put the power to the pedal (as in bicycle pedal) and commute to work.  What are your real or imagined reasons for not bicycling to work?

Thanks,  Ba Ba