Bike Room Verse

So - I'm not quite ready to write about DV yet.....gimme a few days. (Don't let that stop ya'll though - hint!) but I was goin' through the huge pile of receipts and stuff from the last 2 Rides and I found some haiku and other stuff from the Tahoe Ride. It turns out that Patti "Pea" Bills shares my fondness for playin' with words and we started taping little notes all over the wall of the Bike Room w/ our respective efforts at capturing the mood. Since there's not really anywhere else to put it - here ya go:

From lycra and sweat

Riders forge their own stories

Of hope and a cure (MC)

On Ride to Cure eve

Riders, coaches, families

anticipate joy (PB)

Bike Room Onomatopoeia:

Snap Crackle Pop

Whirl Whrrr Grind Turn Squeak & Squish

Slide Spin Crank & Smile (PB)

Greasy hands throbbing

bikes leaving boxes behind

BikeFace in the air (MC)

There once was a wrench wench named Pea

Her skills were there for all to see

She'd put 'em together

No matter the weather

And actually did it for free! (MC)

Riders wear stories

of diagnosis and hope

on bikes and in hearts (PB)

Quiet in the Bike Room

nervous stomachs try to sleep

pedals await cleats (MC)

Anyway.......ignore at will!