Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

Today’s story is directly influenced by the title of Meatloaf’s song, Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad.  Youtube video here.

I was singing it during my bike commute home tonight.  I was even singing out loud when no one was around.  I admit that I couldn’t remember most of the lyrics until I looked them up at home.  The reason I was singing it was that I was anticipating my bike commute tomorrow.  If I follow through, I will have biked to work 6 out of the last 9 workdays.

It’s been great weather for commuting.  Most mornings have been about 50 degrees.  Long pants over the shorts and a long sleeved tee shirt under the bike jersey and I was plenty warm.  For the afternoons, the extra clothes just go in the bag.

You wouldn’t believe the number of people who comment during my long walk from the locker rooms to my cubicle while I am carrying my front wheel, helmet, and water bottles.  At least once a day I get to answer a different person’s question about why I am carrying the wheel.  That gives me the opportunity to use the same joke, “Oh, do you like my unicycle?”

The real answer of course is that the beautiful weather means that more than six cyclists have gotten to work before me and taken all of the completely enclosed bike lockers, meaning that I have to use the traditional bike racks.  Only the frame and the back wheel get locked up.  My front wheel has a quick release lever, making it easy for thieves to steal it.  So I have a front wheel sitting in my cube all day, just begging me to go for a ride.

You see, in Meatloaf’s song, he sings about how he pours out his soul to his girlfriend and displays his love to her.  However, she can’t return the love and responds by saying, “I want you, I need you, but there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you”.

In that respect, I think I am “three out of three”.  Jessica (my bike) wants me, needs me, and will always love me.

She even loves me after I cheat on her by riding on a stationary bike at the Y over the winter.