Though the observation is not about my new water bottle, I must say that I liked it so much that I drank it dry on this cool and cloudy ride. Good thing I brought along that extra light titanium bottle as a back up. ;’-).
My observation is about bike icons in bike lanes. On a route I do and have done many (many) times I noticed something that looked or seemed “off”.
How and why I have never really noticed this “different” rendering of a bicycle, I don’t know, but it popped right out at me on this ride. That new bottle must have cleared my head and vision.
I took this next photo as a comparison of how the icons are so different now.
This is what I see all the time. A rider with no bicycle frame.
Then I noticed another different thing. Just a little past where I took this photo is a “sharrow” lane and this bicycle has no rider. I had not noticed these differences before.
I prefer the first photo as it seems like more of a throw back to days gone by. It looks more like a bicycle, and has more “character”.
That about wrapped up my ride and I felt strong and energetic today. One of those days when you feel you can continue riding and riding with no determined end ;’-).
(Two blog posts in one day? That’s a record.)
Adventures with Nancy 