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I tend not to drive my car anymore.  Especially within the city.   Partly because I’m a lazy person who doesn’t like looking for parking and then once finding said spot walking to wherever it was I was heading, and so on.  Mostly, though because it is fun.  The net result is I have carried some pretty unusual items while riding.

Here are just a few:
- Large bike parts (Frame, Wheels)
- Flattened cardboard boxes
- Lawn chair
- Cat (this was an accident)
- Plant (sadly this particular plant is now dead (not due to biking))

…and now I can add my acoustic guitar to this list.  For the past 8 weeks I’ve been taking “Guitar Fingerboard Theory” at The Old Town School of Folk Music every Monday night.  This class is the first true guitar class I’ve ever taken after years of being mostly self or friend taught.  Now I fear I am addicted to taking music classes and have been pouring over their course list looking for other ones to take.

In order to make riding even possible I bought a gig bag that has a single strap I wear across my back messenger style.  My next project is to sew on a cross strap or a whole other one so I can wear it like a backpack with no fear of it coming off my shoulder.  At first I was bit worried about the whole idea of a somewhat valuable piece of musical equipment being at risk, but then I realized how insane that was.  Really?  I’m worried about a guitar?  If anything if I were to have an accident the guitar might break my fall saving myself from another titanium bone.  By that logic I should wear impact absorbing instruments at all time.  Oh yeah that’s what helmets are for.

Anyways here’s to 8 weeks of safe travels.