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We're green!

3/15/2014

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Another fun St. Patrck's Day parade! We rode over to Practical Cycle dressed in our finest greens and decorate our bike.

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Both kids' bikes were in tow so they could ride in the parade, too, but we could still get across town quickly.

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It was a smaller crowd for Practical Cycle's entry but we always go for quality over quantity.

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Even Tim came out to join us on the very highly anticipated Ford Pedego. Ford worked with Pedego, one of the best electric bike manufacturers in the industry, to come up with this beast of an electric bike. I haven't seen people drool over a bike this much since the Trail Tracker showed up. At least this one seems more practical. I see it as a sign of the changing times, peak car has happened and bikes are the future, especially electric bikes that help people who otherwise wouldn't ride to still be able to leave their cars at home.

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As usual, the parade was slow going and with the two kids on their own bikes, I was really distracted. Little Brother was pretty good about listening and staying close but still managed to end up in the entry in front of us half the time. Big Brother crashed into his brother early on and fell over. The crowd went silent until he brushed himself off and got back on--then they went wild! The cheers were wonderful! Another fan favorite was watching Little Brother zoom dangerously close to the horse poop piles, took my breath away more than once.

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Despite the parade not being much of a "ride," it was really fun and the boys had a blast. We accidentally led the following marching band down an alley because we cut out early to get back to the shop.

I wish they didn't include so many cars and trucks in these parades. The California Car Museum brought out a bunch of shiny, stinky clunkers--one of which had our Spare The Air mascot, Scooter, sitting in back. Didn't anyone else see the irony?

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Brownies and ice-cold lemonade awaited us at PC to celebrate their 4th anniversary, hit the spot perfectly! Once the boys were sufficiently sugared-up, we headed home with Jarrod and his crew. Big Brother rode his Isla and Little Brother promptly passed out.

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Another successful day! Six miles for BB, at least 1 for LB, and about 11 for me. Now it's a well-deserved pizza and movie night.

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Bonney Gold
3/15/2014 07:02:07 pm

This looked like a great day. My hat goes out to little brother and big brother for entering into the spirit of things. You've a great family there.

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