{"id":97,"date":"2019-11-03T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2019-11-03T00:00:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T00:00:28","slug":"i-love-my-bike-my-bike-tolerates-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/03\/i-love-my-bike-my-bike-tolerates-me\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love My Bike &#8211; My Bike Tolerates Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m really good about finding reasons not to ride my bike. Rain, a cold, a thing for work that has to be done by the morning, whatever; if there&#8217;s a reason not to ride, I usually take it. And that&#8217;s dumb, because I love riding my bike. I love it so much that I set up <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"a special blog just for recording when I ride (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/lukehasa.bike\" target=\"_blank\">a special blog just for recording when I ride<\/a>. Now I&#8217;m trying to ride more, and I&#8217;m trying to put most of my online self here. So, bike posts get posted here and mixed into everything else. Whee!<\/p>\n<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:131,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/lukehasa.bike&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250719204603\\\/https:\\\/\\\/lukehasa.bike\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 15:06:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-21 21:38:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-05 13:05:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-22 06:30:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-09 19:31:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-14 21:38:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-31 11:50:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-14 11:27:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-28 22:42:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 22:34:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 09:10:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-07 13:13:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-14 13:52:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-01 01:59:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-01 01:59:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:132,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.ciclavia.org\\\/ciclavia_thevalley_19&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250807230910\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.ciclavia.org\\\/ciclavia_thevalley_19&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 15:06:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-05 13:05:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-09 19:31:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-14 21:38:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-31 11:50:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-28 22:42:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 22:34:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 09:10:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-07 13:13:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-13 07:23:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-21 05:31:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-01 01:59:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-01 01:59:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s ride: short, hot, and slow. Just like me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/map-1024x419.png\" alt=\"Map of today's bike ride.\" class=\"wp-image-98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/map-1024x419.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/map-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/map-768x314.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/map.png 1493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>18 miles, 13 mph. Like lightning! Like really slow lightning!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow, riding gets more difficult. Daylight Saving Time ends, which means sunset shows up around five, and riding in the dark on Los Angeles streets can be spooky. And winter is coming, so cold and rain are on the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See? Excuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I do plan to ride more at least until the next <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ciclavia (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ciclavia.org\/ciclavia_thevalley_19\" target=\"_blank\">Ciclavia<\/a>. It&#8217;s right by my old neighborhood, so I feel obligated to ride it (and ride to it). I hope it doesn&#8217;t rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m really good about finding reasons not to ride my bike. Rain, a cold, a thing for work that has to be done by the morning, whatever; if there&#8217;s a reason not to ride, I usually take it. And that&#8217;s dumb, because I love riding my bike. 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