Biking To Work

So our roomy, Joe, is an avid bike-to-worker . He just bought a nice bike for this purpose. Its a pretty cool bike, and its definitely a scenic, albeit at times treacherous, ride to work on country roads with sub-par, if any, bike paths. Anyway, here is a paraphrasing of what Joe had to say when he came in the door Friday evening after his first experience riding in to work:

Joe (jovially) : "Hello Roomates! How are you all?"

Ronny & Jeannette : "Good. How was the ride in to work. Did it suck? It must not have been too bad judging by the cheerful spirit you seem to be in...?"

Joe (somber) : "Actually... it did suck. I fell off my bike on the way in"

Joe displays a few boo-boos on his arms.

Ronny : "Jesus! How did that happen?"

Joe : "Well...I took on a curb at too shallow an angle and I ate it. The worst part was that my chain fell off my bike and I had to walk my bike the rest of the way in, which was not-awesome. Then some French guy who saw me bust my ass came running over to see if I was okay. That was awkward. I would have preferred if he just laughed at me from a distance. I don't mind falling off my bike if it gets someone a good laugh out of it."

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Joe had us cracking up. He told the story better than I can convey here. It was quite a testament to his cool attitude - that he came home in a relatively good mood (via the bus and not on his brand new bike) even though he had that wonderfully awful experience in the morning. Just to give you an idea of how long of a walk it was for Joe with his broken-down bike, I google mapped it. The path is in red. The place where Joe busted ass is marked in a blue "x". Joe is played by Peter Griffin from Family Guy here.