Nature You Scary, Biking Adventure pt. 2: The Failed Attempt

"Failure Is Not An Option"

It was interesting having a guest writer on my last post. I think for this entire trip I would like to have both us of write bout how we felt and how we think that day had went. I am going to try this out for a little while and see how this works out. With that being said I give you Lilly and my perspective on our first trip.

 

Lavell's Perspective 

The day was a little too perfect. The sun was shining, birds were chirping and the weather was quite forgiving for it being late june. I had just put air into my tires and felt like it was going to be a really good day, it was our first long distance ride. Water? Check. Snacks? Check. Speaker? Check. Tires inflated to a perfect 100 PSI? Check. Off we go! Let me reiterate, how nice of a day it was. As we barrelled down Center street making our way to Harvard, blasting "Anderson.Paak", "Chance the Rapper", and  "The Internet" on this little UE Boom portable speaker. I swear I saw a baby rabbit wink at me. Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit, but honestly it was that nice of an afternoon. It may have also been my imagination but I swear every street light turned green as we approached them.

As we pedaled closer and closer to Harvard yard everything seemed to be in order. It had the making of a beautiful journey. The kind of adventure you tell your children and grandchildren about years and years to come. The kind of story that you tell so much that everyone is sick of hearing it and nods in agreement to not hurt your feelings. In other words I finally felt free, I hadn't bike across the country yet, but preparing to bike to New York made me feel like I was one step closer. In this case one pedal closer to my main goal, the original purpose of this blog, biking my ass from Boston, Ma to San Francisco, CA. Then it happened...

As we turned onto Kirkland st from Irving st I heard the crunching grinding noise. I looked down and my back wheel was rubbing against the frame, a loose axle. Needless to say I was devastated, we tried to ride a little further but I am kind of a perfectionist and it was no longer interested in trying to continue 15 miles with the grinding of my bike tire. So I was forced to take my bicycle to a shop to get fixed up. 

We'll see what happens when we attempt to do this again. Wish us luck everyone.

 

Lilly's Perspective

 "I don't remember much of that day to be honest. The music was playing. The sun was shining. One minute we were in a great mood and the next Lavell was Pouty McPoutyface cuz his axle broke. And I was annoyed because I asked him if he wanted to turn around at Harvard, but he wanted to keep going. So we kept riding with him in a foul mood for a bit longer, but ended up turning around anyway further down the route. Then we went home and made plans to get his bike fixed and tackle the trip another day."

Words of Wisdom: “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain

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