Thursday, December 7, 2006

Biking in Kansas

Top Ten Ways to Tell if You’re a True Kansas Cyclist

10. You check the National Weather Service website for wind speed and direction before every ride.
9. You know it will take two hours to reach the grain elevator you see on the horizon.
8. The nearest "hill," a highway overpass, is seventy miles from home.
7. You worry as much about cows in the road as you do about dogs.
6. Your experience tells you the flat earth folks might be right.
5. You’re 1500 miles from an ocean, yet you’ve ridden through 10-inch deep sand. (See #3.)
4. You feel a bit woozy after negotiating the curve in the road to Wal-Mart. (See #2.)
3. You know which roads near you are great for "off-road" riding.
2. You laugh at cyclists who train for their first century ride. That’s just a trip to Wal-Mart and back.
1. You passed a tree once on a ride two years ago and have been trying to find it again ever since.

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