Bike path??
Yesterday I stopped at the grocery store on the way home from the afternoon ride. I was on my racing bike so I did not have a lock and was not going to leave a bike with $2,000 wheels outside a store, so I walked my bike through the store.
As I walked to the back, a woman said, "I've never seen that before."
I remembered I needed coffee cream so I walked over to the dairy section. After I picked up the carton, a man in his mid-40s looking at the milk display said, "You look like someone who stayed trim later in.....as you got older. What kind of milk do you drink? I could slim down some. Do you drink almond milk?"
When he took a breath I said, "I drink Lactaid. I tried almond milk. I don't like it. But you could try it."
He thanked me and said he should exercise more. I waved and clicked away (bike cleats) toward the cash register.
Only once did I have someone tell me I could not walk my bike in a grocery store. I pointed out that my bike took up less space than a shopping cart.
Have you ever walked a bike through a store?
