Did another crosstown metrobike ride
I think I blogged about this the last time this happened, too, but tonight I did another crosstown metrobike ride.
I don't have good pictures of this, and I won't share the route because it is a bit too revealing of my physical location, but basically: I rode a dutch bike over eight miles across west LA in complete darkness, and it wasn't very comfortable!
I am still grateful that we have rent-a-bikes in LA at all - they have saved my ass several times - but riding long distances on dutch bikes is not very fun. For this same reason I cut a ride short last week. I tend to get hip pain from doing this, and the seat shape is not always very nice on your legs, either. For me these are the bikes of last resort.
Los Angeles still has a metrobike void in the middle of the city - specifically, in the Mid City neighborhood, which I have to cross to get to the west side from downtown. So if you try to ride across LA on one of these things, you'll eventually get to a point where you are doomed to continue your ride toward the beach for several more miles without an opportunity to bail at a bike parking hub. I'd heard in the past that this void will be filled - they are planning to put more stations here - but it hasn't happened yet. I was genuinely surprised to realize that in the over-a-year since I first heard that plan, the void has not been filled.
I won't be doing this again anytime soon! But I figured I'd log it. I got home nearly at midnight. This is my preferred time to ride horrible bikes across town... if the bike is painful, at least the streets are friendly, empty, and cool!