June 3rd - World Bicycle Day

Today is World Bicycle day. And I have to open this one with a mildly embarrassing confession. I don't know how to ride a bike. It's not for a lack of trying, but as a kid I never really got past the training wheels and I've never gone back to learn how to do it. The first popular bicycle was a big wheeled monstrosity called a penny-farthing. You probably know what they look like, those bicycles steampunk looking dudes ride where it has that one stupidly big wheel in the front. I can't really ride a regular bike, so the idea of being like 5 feet in the air on a single wheel? I look at these things and feel myself going sideways. [EDITOR’S NOTE: five feet up on one wheel makes you squeamish? Wait until I tell you about Ferris Wheels. :P]