Hmm, I should update this blog

which means I should ride my bike. BREAKTHROUGH: I should ride my bike ANYways!

But wait, now that I'm jogging, when do I have time for such a thing? Now that I'm in love with my morning coffee habit, how can I go back to the morning slog? Perhaps this blog has become a call to action for myself as well:

Please oh please oh please to BICYCLE!!!!

I have actually been a couple long rides, one of which I'm pretty sure I could map, the other of which I...do I have a copy of the map somewhere? Well I know we got a little lost along the way, but...

I mean, you probably should, for it to be a good ride, right? (I made that up.)

Anyways, if I get some time, I'll try to update at least with that info. And then maybe ponder a bit more why my bike is so lonely right now.

(I started jogging! Grah!)

Right now, though, I have sleeping time and that is really all. I don't even have enough of that!

We're moving to a .com!

But we'll still be a Blogger blog for now because I am no designer. I wish I were. Actually, I rather like this template, although there are a couple things I would arrange differently if I could. Anyways, uhm...yeah!

http://www.please-to-bicycle.com

Tell your friends ;p

Invitation

So I've been thinking about this blog and it seems like it would be fun if more people wrote for it. I have friends in lots of places, and some of them ride bikes, so why not? If you know me (or want to know me) and think you might like writing about your experiences with your bicycle (for free and fun), let me know!

I already added Seth, who will no doubt introduce himself and his bike shortly (NO PRESSURE, SETH :P) He's in Wisconsin and knows more about bicycles than me (which is not hard)! 

Please to Link

So the link list is already steadily growing, mostly from blogs I am bringing over from my Google Reader, which is also a new trend. Been Yelping and RSS aggregating. I guess one project of this blog would be to actually dig in a bit and read these blogs closely so I can give them each a proper introduction. Mostly I just grabbed anything that looked interesting regarding bicycle fashion, design, culture, repeat, happiness...

Anyways, more on that later. And if you have any good links, let me knowwwww...*yawn*

A Word About My Bicycle Blog

It's not laid out yet. I'm just starting. I'm also just starting the whole bicycle thing (albeit not from scratch), but that is a different post. No, this post is about the title, because I feel like it might be necessary.

If I feel it is necessary to write an explanation, then why did I choose such a title?

That is a very good question!

Clearly (if you are a geek?) the title is Engrish in the same vein as "Please to enjoy." Maybe there are some people who employ this type of common ESL error in hurtful ways, and those people are losers. Whenever I see or hear this wording, though, it just makes me feel happy. It gives off very genuine, earnest, and upbeat vibes. As it happens, that is also the way I feel about my bicycle and learning to commute and starting this blog. Thus, "Please to Bicycle." (Incidentally, I also just like the way it looks aesthetically. The other top choice was Ride a Bike, but I didn't want "bike" to ever be construed as "motorbike," and "Ride a Bicycle" just doesn't have the same ring.)

Maybe even having this "About" disclaimer somehow makes me racist, but I don't think so. I really hope not.

I guess the other bottom line here is that this is my blog and I can't imagine many people checking it out, although I will try to provide useful and interesting content/links alongside the mundane tales of commutership and whatnot.