One thing I didn’t think enough about was what to do with my riding jacket while on the trail. It’s entirely useless in that environment: no insulation value and bulky. I figured I’d leave it with the bike, as I often do when I go for a walk at Reeds Lake. But what about rain? Because it will rain before I get back to it. I ended up removing the armor, and barely stuffed it under the seat… Which required taking some clothes from there and putting them inside my helmet (which I left sitting on the floor of the scooter).
While I was working on that, one of the boys next door approached and asked about my “moped”. He wanted to know how much it cost, what gas mileage I get, how fast it goes. As I answered his questions, it sounds like he’s made up his mind to get one. I cautioned him to avoid the cheap ones, and I think he understood why.
