Jantics

When I was a kid, I had a bike of my own.
I know, I know, most kids did.
It just feels odd to remember ME having one, since I lost interest in biking after I grew up. I think of the younger “me” riding along the streets, enjoying the sense of personal mobility that a bike offered. When you’re a kid, and can’t drive a car, a bike is the next best thing.
I stopped riding my bike sometime before starting junior high school, I think.
Can’t really remember why.
Then, when I went to college, I saw lots of people who had brought their bikes with them. Especially at MSU, where the campus is so huge it’s hard to walk everywhere.
Now and then there was bike theft at the colleges, and people were understandably sick if they’d had an expensive new bike stolen away from them. It’s better to get something understated and functional, rather than splurge on something that begs to be stolen.
I never did take my bike to college with me, but I envied the convenience of students who had done so. They got where they were going sooner than the pedestrians, and didn’t have to deal with the sore backs and sore feet that I had every day. Seriously. It was hard for me to walk all around that campus. I took the bus whenever I could.
It’s been awhile since I’ve been on a college campus (note that I am now the ripe old age of 37). I wonder if bikes are still just as popular as they were when I was there. I wonder how many students have beach cruiser bikes! I’d go back to both my alma maters and conduct a survey, except people would wonder who the crazy old lady is.
People wonder that enough here as it is.