sad and lonely bikes

at the beginning of our time at duoc i swear every TIP i work with had a bike (ok except for shelly and laura).

the bike rack at school is looking sad and lonely these days.

deepak... got into an accident with the bike, i'm not sure if it's been fixed
allegra... bad accident with a bike and a __________ (i don't know if i'm allowed to say)
caitlin... bike was stolen
katie... tire has failed to adequately receive air and is at the present moment, deemed unrideable...

for whatever reason we're all afoot now, i think we're all the safer for it...

before my bike was stolen this one time i was riding along a thin stretch of road, where the bike lane ended and merged consequently with a very narrow two lanes of traffic... i told myself, keep riding as close to the curb as possible, as close as possible, AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE, OH MY GOD! this bus passed me with inches to spare, inches. it was clear that it made little to no attempt to avoid me. less than 2 weeks later my bike had been stolen. maybe it was a sign.