weirdos all around

Snowing rain today. High velocity= wet pants, therefore I was trying to ride slowly, not much success though. The day reminded me of how two winters ago I was riding the same street and an old lady shoveling the snow from a sidewalk asked me in a very annoyed tone if I had lost my mind, if I had nothing else to do instead of riding a bike in winter. I can still spot surprise and incomprehension on peoples faces, even though we are not that few on the streets anymore. One recent tweet said: it is absurd that playing football outside in winter is considered a norm, but biking is only a weirdo thing. Get used to it. [08.02.13]