What a Cyclist can do When Motivated

It has been a quiet week for cycling news. Although the European National Cyclocross Championships are being held this weekend, those races just are not that important. I have also been busy with the law this week having had to travel to Grangeville, Idaho for a hearing on Thursday. Due to the weather the drive was five hours there and five hours back in windy, slick conditions. Typically it takes about three hours and fourty five minutes. Basically it was 40 miles per hour the whole way there.

As I pulled back into Boise, Thursday night about 9 PM, it was snowy, wet and windy. As I pulled up to the intersection of State Street and 27th Street, to turn right on 27th Street, I noticed a guy on a mountain bike slowly making his way diagonally across 27th Street. He was trying to get into the cross walk before the light changed but was riding against traffic. Once he got to the cross walk ramp, he pulled up on to the sidewalk. It was only then that I noticed why his speed was slow and his control was somewhat suspect. Attached to his bike was a beat up kid trailer and on the trailer was a fulsized washing machine bungie corded onto the trailer. I was tempted to go around the corner and see where he was headed. You have to hand it to a guy who is that motivated and committed.