Ordinarily, it only looks like I’m drunk when I pedal my bicycle down the road.
Sometimes it’s just me futzing with the foot clip thingies, which is a surefire way to go down with the ship, so to speak.
More than once I have gone over in slow motion, unable to un-clip fast enough.
Or maybe my wabbling-ways are me just trying to skirt around a plethora of potholes.
And it could be a full-out evasive maneuver in an avoidance attempt of swarming wasps.
But traveling by bike is supposed to be a good thing, even if I don’t exude a vision of grace and athleticism.
So when I was at the Farmer’s Market over the weekend, I saw an invention that would forever allow me to explain away my wobbly wheels as I pedal somewhat off the straight and narrow.
I witnessed an invention that is certain to garner greater interest in traveling by bike–even more so than spurred by the rapidly escalating gas prices.
The measly water bottle holder, which has not really changed since Napoleon rode into Waterloo on his low-rise Schwinn, has been supplanted by a device that can truly offer aerobic exercise AND constant liquid refreshment.
There are still a few issues to resolve with this bike-bound blender.
Beyond trying to figure out how I will be able to maintain an adequate ice supply while on long cross country adventures, my primary question is how to keep the straw from becoming tangled in the spokes.
And I guess I need to find out if adding rum to the fresh fruit frappe would be considered a form of doping.
You should get a big straw so you can drink right from the blender.
I agree.
Maybe I could get the straw to feed directly into my Camelbak.
Just not sure how well the chunks of fruit would get through.
Maybe I need to add more rum.