Go ahead and click on the photo to fully enjoy the details of the rails. The bike car's the first car on the train and commands the best view looking north to the city.I took Thursday off and biked over to the local train station to catch the 10:14. Like most romantics, my heart doesn't yearn for city sights. And at the same time, there's something awfully intriguing about the pace of totally urban life, for which I get a tremendous craving every once in a while.
I don't enjoy city driving. And there's no point in it when I've got a lovely wide tired, three-speed bike to companion me, and a train station that's a five minute ride from my house -ten if I stop and talk to a few neighbors along the way. Which I usually do.
Peggy had a bag of lemons out, so of course I stopped at her house too. One of those will come in handy when I make my London Loaf this week.
I made the San Francisco train with the necessary extra five minutes to convince the ticket machine it should accept my debit card, popped my pink cruiser bike on board, and settled into the bike car to listen to the clackety-clack back beat of the train starting up.
to be continued
It's a good ride. Thanks, I enjoyed it. What does a bike car look like?
ReplyDeleteIt usually only has a few seats at one end. The one I was in the other day had two aisles of seats with just four on either side. Often the up-above seats are there, so that people can look down on their bikes.
ReplyDeleteThere are 4-6 bars against the window, each with 4 bungee cords attached. You stack your bike against any there already and bungee cord around it. You are supposed to tag your bike with too from - though often you have to yell out WHERE IS THE PURPLE POLKA DOTTED BIKE GOING TO? This causes friction sometimes as regular riders yell out TAG YOUR BIKE, MAN!
Bike car riders tend to be more political and assertive than other riders.
Next time I'll make sure to take a photo.
These are standing up stacks, not laying down stacks.
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