I'm dangerous now that I have my “Rite in the Rain” notebook. It's a 3" x 5", 50-page field notebook that I found at a surveyor supply store. Now I can carry it in my bike jersey back pocket and take notes as I'm riding. I do some of my best thinking while riding, then promptly forget the great ideas once I get home.

Yesterday I rode to the Art League drawing class about 25 miles away, and there were a couple of pages of notes on the way down, and none on the way back. I guess I don't think well while bonking. An energy bar and gatorade about 5 miles from home provided enough of a boost so I could at least finish the ride. It hurt when a dude on a knobby-tired mountain bike passed me. Granted, he didn't have 30 pounds of stuff in his panniers, but it hurt nonetheless.
posted by Bruce Wright at 9:31 PM #