The Trials Bug (Section Tick) by Neil Ford
I'm sure all of you have done this before. You’re walking to your office, or
one of your many destinations,or maybe even just sitting, without your bike.
And you just start picturing yourself riding on obstacles that see. You know
it's happened to yourself. Maybe times while you walked past a construction
site, cluttered with spools and piping, steel beams and rubble. And you just
daze off and enter that trialsin world where you see yourself dropping off that
huge pipe, or maybe hopping from beam to beam 10 feet above the ground.
I know I have had those thoughts. All day, I’ve sat here in this office and
stared out the window, looking for things to ride. And even though all that is
out there, 15 stories up, is a 8 foot wide ledge and some cement blocks, I want
to ride it.I almost see myself balanced on my rear wheel on top of those
blocks. It kills me to not have a bike, and to be stuck inside working on the
computer. And even if I never get the chance to ride that ledge outside my
office, I will be sure to hop on my bike and ride till the cows come home
tonight. Not being able to ride is almost as bad, if not worse, as not being
able to take a piss.
Neil Ford
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