This morning we rode our bikes to a breakfast joint in Encinitas called Honey’s.
So I know how to ride a bike; I might have grown up backwards in Alaska but not that backwards. But we today we rode on actual roads right next to cars, like legit bike riding. I petitioned hard to ride on the sidewalks but lost that battle.
Jim said that Carlsbad and Encinitas are very bike friendly towns, but I was still so nervous riding with cars zooming right beside me that I sweated more from nerves than actual physical exertion.
But we made it the 4.6 miles to the restaurant with minimal tinkle in my pants and only a few pit stains. sexy, yes.
Honey’s was really busy but worth the wait – big portions of diner-style food: I had the Greek omelet with potatoes and homemade bread. And lots of coffee.
And then it was time for the trip back; the way back wasn’t as bad although the whole bike lane in between the road and turning lane was a little freaky for me. Obviously I’m at a Lance Armstrong-level of expertise…
The whole trip was 9.3 miles and took us 49 minutes total, not a bad way to burn off breakfast.
Are you a bike rider?
Like a beach cruiser with wicker basket rider, a training wheels and streamers coming out of the handles rider or a spandexed out Lance Armstrong rider?
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Welcome to the hood! Glad you got to see it on two wheels.
Noise makers on the spokes rider.
HA! Towing a boatload of appropriately helmeted kids kind of bike rider! 4 going on 5 children….gotta set the example right?
i’m a cyclebiker!! and i biked to work today for the first time!! it’s a 9mi commute to work and i just got a big girl bike bout 10 mos ago so i had to learn how to be comfy next to cars….and for the last 2 mos i’ve been getting used to clipping-in to my bike. so i made the big leap to be uber green (hello – already drive a prius). i work with tons of cyclists and my company sponsors a race in the el tour de tucson (111 mi bike race)…so it’s only natural that i’m on 2 wheels now. i had a head wind, up hill, the whole way to my work – hella hard. and then i had a head wind on my way home but it was all downhill…basically got 2 workouts in today tho! and didn’t use any gas! i LOVE cycling now – it’s so much easier on my joints than running, and even when it’s mother-of-god hot in tucson you get a breeze on a bike.
Um… I really want that bread. That looks amazing.
I’m a wannabe mountain biker with a husband who won’t take “its too steep” or “I’m too tired” as an answer. We do a bit of road biking as well…there are some roads where I say screw it and ride on the sidewalk. I’d rather piss of a pedestrian than get ran over by the idiot who isn’t paying attention and crosses the 3 inches of space between me and death…
PS – the food looks amazing!
I’m more of a beach cruiser at the moment but I really want to become a Lance Armstrong! I want to add bike races to my training next year. Mostly so that my knees don’t break. It might be a nice change!
I have a bike club here in Fort Worth, Texas and a bunch of my friends meet up at our house every other Friday and we ride to some fattening restaurant…. People always look at us as if were crazay. This is “cow town” you’re more likely to be on a horse then a bike.
A+ to not riding on the sidewalk. This morning I was forced onto the road on my run because this guy was riding his bike on the sidewalk. Not ideal. And he wasn’t moving.
Riding on the wrong side of the road also makes me a little nuts – this dude did that this week on a road with a speed limit of 45 mph. Not safe. I don’t feel like killing someone on my morning commute.
This is probably why I don’t ever ride a bike. I know the rules but I’m too chicken $hit to follow them. Or break them.
Love your blog, Sarah
I attempted riding a bike for the first time (again) recently as well- I felt like Michelle Tanner in that episode of Full House where she learns how… “I’m doing it!! I’m doing it!!”
Another bike commuter here! I rode on the bike paths around town for a few days before braving the roads but now I am as comfortable as I’m going to be on city streets. I’ve been hit by a car when riding on the sidewalk (alternative was having 1 block to cross a 6 lane road with cars going 50 mph) and honestly, the street is almost always safer (always if it has a bike lane, for sure!). Cars aren’t even watching for people walking/running on sidewalks half the time, let alone bikes!
i want to get a bike to ride to work, but my husband has been talking me out of it. It’s illegal to ride on the sidewalks in Philly, and he thinks the drivers around here are too dangerous for me to be riding on the road…he might be right?
I would ride 60 miles to have a breakfast like that! (that’s round trip, not one way)
I ride my road bike with my husband. I’ve done two event rides. They are a lot of fun, once you get used to all the other cyclists being inches from you. I’m still getting used to my feet being locked in place. A little scary.
I grew up in the country where we didn’t ride our bikes near cars. It gives me crazy anxiety to ride next to them (although I run in the bike lane facing them all the time). But then again, riding a bike is not my thing. I don’t even like the stationary bike at the gym.
Not a ‘real’ biker here — as in, I don’t even own a bike anymore — I just borrow my family members’ bikes. I grew up in the country (as in, gravel roads) so I feel like I should take a course before biking in town… hand signals, helmet and all
Can ride. Not great at it. Prefer bike paths. Cars make me nervous too. Like both feet on the ground. Breakfast looks amazing.!!
I roll it Armstrong style! I love cycling, it’s great cross training.
Streamers and training wheels for me…and I love my honking horn on the handle bars!
I just bought a bike this summer – a very cute mint green beach cruiser. My sister says it looks like the type of bike someone would ride while wearing a sundress. (She’s a big fan of the movie “500 Days of Summer.”)
No wicker basket, though – I bought a detachable white metal version and spray painted it dark brown to match the leather seat and handlebar grips. It’s nice ‘cuz then I can ride to the grocery store, take the basket in with me, and I don’t buy more than I can carry home.
That breakfast looks so good!
I live in a very bike-friendly community. I ride my bike around town for errands and to work as much as possible. Love it!
I’m a cyclist… I race bikes, yay! It’s super fun.
That breakfast looks fantastic!! Good lord, I want that bread.
I’m not a biker, when i was younger I had knee problems and biking always aggravated it, so I never really enjoyed it. Now, cyclists drive me crazy, so I stay away from bikes.
I’m cyclist (both road and mountain) and I love it! There is nothing more refreshing that taking my bike out for the morning. I actually did a cross-country trip a few years back on the roadie – talk about having to get used to riding on the road!