After a grueling day at work, Emilie and I decided to head to her place in central Austin and go for a spin. We ran into her neighbor Linden, who is a Dell Talent Acquisition Consultant (fancy term for human resources). He was polishing two beautiful cruisers in order to take the new girl on the block — Emily with a Y — for a tour of the cool kid spots. After a few moments of awkward small talk, we decided to gang up and ride around Rosedale together.
It was beautiful. Not since I was 8 years old have gone exploring through my neighborhood with a group of random strangers. There was a sense of unparalleled, innocent freedom mixed in with pure fun.
This night was also the start of our gang — the Rosedale Riders.
Think you can hang with this crew? Comment on this post and we’ll setup a time to see your mad wheelie skillz.
[...] Flying V After forming the Rosedale Riders, we rode Mighty Duck style: Lin leading the front of the V, Deirdre and I on the right, [...]
By: The Flying V « Hey, That’s My Bike Blog! on August 29, 2008
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