Thursday, February 21, 2013

How a City Bike Can Get Through Hectic New York

By Rob Sutter


I'm someone who's into just about everything that originates from the 80's or is overall nerdy. I have a certain connection with my childhood that I don't think I can put into words. Rather, I have to be able to display some of the best parts of it and I like to think a good majority of it can be tied to New York specifically. If I had seen some of these things when riding upon a city bike, though, I think I'd have all of the reason in the world to be shocked.

It's odd to me because it wasn't until recently that I had a dream where I was on a city bike, a day in the city seemingly like any other. That's when I saw, in the skies, a man dressed in red and blue swinging across buildings like a soaring arachnid. It sounds strange, but it seems like Spider-Man had been avoiding what appeared to be heat seeking missiles. Being caught in the middle of such an event was not enough for me to get away fast enough on my bike recommended by authorities such as Linus Bike. To say that this was an odd dream is an understatement.

After I had that dream, I couldn't help but bring into mind this very thought: "what about other New York-centric figures effectively taking me out of my rest?" The Ghostbusters certainly garnered more than their fair share of craziness and I think that the big duel with the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man effectively brought the first movie to a rousing crescendo of sorts. A close cleanup may be necessary in order for me to get the resulting marshmallow goo off of my body.

For those of you who have been heavy into cartoons as children during the late 80's and perhaps even beyond, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were on your radar. Even though they are still famed, I think that my love for them as a boy transitioned. What happened if they found themselves in the real-life environment of New York? If it came down to me wanting an autograph while the Turtles were combating the Foot Clan, I think I'd be riding in the other way as quickly as possible.

I'm not about to make the claim that my dreams aren't normal because - to be fair - I think anything else would be more rooted in reality. However, how many of us actually have dreams in which we can look back on them and say to ourselves, "that made sense?" I just know that a lot of instances of my childhood involved danger in some way or another. I can only hope that my city bike will be able to handle the dangers to come.




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