Words: A Little Diversion

Pamela Blalock posted today about “a seriously fun bike ride” and a bike.  It is really two posts in one – about the Honey Bikes All Roads and the recent Diverged Ride.

Here’s a few quotes about the bike – the first production All Roads – on its maiden voyage:

“My dream bike really had just a few simple requirements – fat comfortable high performance tires, clearance and mounts for fenders with those cushy tires, powerful non-fiddly brakes, comfortable but still high performance geometry, and gears low enough to get me up Archambo Road (D2R2 vets know what I mean with that requirement). And it goes without saying that the bike must be fun to ride – and have a homing device that directs it to good coffee shops. […]

“I hopped on the new bike, rode it around the block, across some cobblestones, down a trail and off and onto curbs a few times, and then headed out to do a group ride on twisty trails, with rocks and roots and bridges and boardwalks, grinning ear to ear the whole time!  […]

“I took it pretty easy on the first few trail sections and slowly gained more and more confidence to just roll over stuff. After a few miles, I stopped worrying about scratching the beautiful new paint. I plowed over rocks and roots. I stayed on the bike through tight turns. I dropped into those low-low gears to get up the steep stuff with traffic slowing down ahead, and then thoroughly enjoyed the non-shocking descents and the awesome stopping power of those brakes.  […]

“[…]  this bike and those tires let me ride the kind of things I really want to ride with a smile on my face.”

Thanks Pamela!  Your writing put a smile on my face.  See you on the next ride.