I’ll bike for curly fries
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I met up with the lovely Marshmallow for a drink and some curly fries after work today.
I’d won a prize in her scavenger hunt competition and it was a handy excuse to meet up and indulge in some delicious curly fries. They may not look like much but, oh boy, they were delicious!
They were definitely not part of my healthy eating plan but I don’t really care (The second plateful was probably a mistake however)!
I blogged a few weeks ago about how I wanted to start riding my bike again and today was the day. It was another beautiful sunny day and I just wanted to get outside and do some exercise as a preemptive strike against the curly fries. I went for a run yesterday so I thought it would be a good to do something different and start cycling again.
So I got my bike off the hook in the garage and pumped up the tyres. Then I had to try and find my helmet. We have mandatory helmet laws here in NZ so I couldn’t go out without it. After 15 minutes of increasingly frenetic searching I found it and headed out.
I made a bit of an inauspicious start as I got my gear selection wrong which made me feel a bit silly. It’s been a while since I’ve been on my bike!
I got onto the road and started cycling along. Within 500m I remembered why I didn’t like cycling that much. Auckland traffic is terrible! I had a close call with a bus so, first chance I had, I headed off road into a park.
The Orakei Basin is very close to my house and there is a very nice track that goes around the edges of the lake (it’s actually a tidal estuary but it looks like a lake). It was a great ride along a gravel track under some huge trees. There were heaps of people out walking their dogs and truth be told I got chased a few times. However, I’m faster than dogs! I followed the track until I couldn’t go any further then turned around and headed out of the park and into suburbia.
Once I was off the main road I found the traffic wasn’t really a problem. The next part of my ride was mainly uphill but I found it wasn’t really a problem. I think I’ve lost quite a bit of weight since my last bike ride and I really noticed the difference.
I got to the top of the hill and then it was a high speed run downhill all the way back home. That’s one thing I really like about biking - downhills!
My bike is back hanging from the ceiling of my garage but I think it will be seeing a few more outings in the near future. I think I need to invest in a bike rack for the car. I much prefer off road biking and there are quite a few good biking tracks around town.
I hate riding in traffic - it’s so stressful! WD!
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I love to ride my bike. When I was a kid that is all I did. I think I’ll pull it out today if the rain stops!
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I love riding my bike too .. but you’re right you need to be careful on the roads.
Those curly fries look a bit naughty !
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Good friends and curly fries–two of life’s greatest blessings!
Thanks for the reminder to get my own shiny new bike on order! I agree with you that variety in training is a very good thing.
Have a great weekend!
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Hoping to get my bike off the wall on Sunday. Keeping my fingers crossed for a nice day.
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Mmmm… curly fries. Deeelich!
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Those curly fries were very naughty indeed but oh so worth it.
I seem to have kick started a few people into thinking about their bikes.
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Couple of things on this post:
- On the fries: GOOD ON YA! You’ve really been working hard on the physical activity - fries should be part of life.
- On the route: I LOVE the route maps you post. Really makes me want to pick up one of those devices (Garmin?) to track my routes as well.
- On the bike inspiration - you’re right - you totally have kickstarted me on my bike again. So much so that I’m taking it into the shop today to have it fixed. I bought a nice used cannondale on craigslist last year, and with the sun returning to Oregon, its time to get it tuned up. Wheels need to be trued and the seat fixed, and I’m ready to go.
Thank you for the inspiration!
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The ‘lovely’ Marshmallow? Are you sure you don’t have me confused with someone else?
Seriously, loved the curly fries, and it was awesome to see you and Sally again, and even more awesome to finally meet Emma for the first time.
Have fun with the scavenger hunt prizes
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Dang, curly fries!! I am a bit jealous.
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Metro: A great tool for mapping out routes if you don’t have GPS is Google Pedometer which you can find here:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
Marshmallow: Let’s not be ridiculous. You are lovely.
TB: You should be - they were fantastic!
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You’re right; downhills are TOTALLY the best part about biking. By the by, those fries look crazy amounts of delicious - and no matter how healthy the eating plan, we can all indulge every now and again!
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Those curly fries look delicious! I have to admit to being a bit of a sucker for curly fries!
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I’ve yet to find someone who doesn’t like curly fries!
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Actually, I’m not a big fry person myself… they didn’t tempt me a bit. But there are plenty of other things that would, LOL! Fry a shrimp and see how fast I come running!
Good job on the bike ride!
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riding in traffic freaked me out at first too … but that freak out factor lessens a little bit with every ride. thanks for visiting & commenting on my blog! keep up the riding - i had no idea it could be so much fun!
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I will. The council is supposed to be putting in heaps of bike lanes around town so hopefully things will improve.
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Hmm…. curly fries. Man they are evil!!
ps. They did put heaps of bike lanes along the waterfront, just have lots of lamp posts on it, too
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