I’ll Do Anything for Pizza
I told you I’m a Ninja Turtle! Last night, Jared and I rode South on the lakefront path during a snowstorm. Jared convinced me to do this because he had to ride down to Lakeview to meet a client and get a check. He lured me in with the prospect of pizza. I’d already been out riding in the snow to and from volunteering at the bike collective, so I was hesitant. But I couldn’t turn down pizza.
It was about a 12 mile ride roundtrip. On the way, my feet turned to icicles. Turns out it’s a really bad idea to wear Vans when you are tromping through the snow. I think tromping it a good word for what we were doing. We certainly weren’t riding very fast. Sometimes you spin out when your wheels don’t get traction in the snow. A few times I just went off the side of the path without knowing it.
After the 8 mile tromp to the pizza place, we devoured a delicious stuffed pizza and still had leftovers. That shit is filling! We decided to take the much more direct route back home on the salty roads. My hands were freezing and my stomach was so overflowing with pizza it was hard to pedal. I coasted a lot and lollygagged and tried drafting behind Jared on the way back.
We got home brought our trusty steeds inside the house. Within a few minutes, it looked like our bikes had taken a crap on the kitchen floor. There was melted snow and gross black shit from the road everywhere. Then we got high and watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and there was pizza raining from the sky. The end.
-L
Yes, children, I know where you’re at. A couple years ago my cycling in the winter was in the environs of Safford, AZ, great riding all year around. Now I’m wheeling my Takara back and forth in St. Paul and Minneapolis, where it was 0 F when the sun struggled up this am with ice on all the streets. It’s a challenge.
dang! we nearly went as far as minneapolis. i have a feeling we might have liked that city a little better. it definitely is a challenge, but it’s not that bad once you actually get out there. i think the worst part is carrying my bike down the steps from our apartment. once i’m riding, things are good.
And another thing: you know what bikes and pizzas have in common? It’s cheaper to buy one ready-made than to put one together yourself.
that’s true! but they taste better if you make them yourself!
unless its made by jared, in which case it could be quite nasty. but at least he’ll eat it if it is.
oh yeah didn’t jared try to make us that gross sandwich with like jelly and pickles on it last year…what the hell was on that thing…do you remember?
dude are you going to pick me up from the airhizzle or what?
You guys are hardcore. You’re definitely not yuppies. I never knew bikes could take craps. I think you two really have it good. That chain of events sounds fun as hell. Would you recommend that movie?
hey rider…yeah i know, we just really wish we were rich enough to be yuppies.
yeah we have fun ’round here.
movie was okay…we watched Wall-E last week, which i thought was a lot better and i definitely recommend.
that movie suck’d