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Today I learned that riding the subway with a bike is a non-trivial task.
Broken down into steps, the process is as follows: 1) Carry the bike down a narrow set of stairs while avoiding the people around you. 2) Motion someone to open the emergency door, and confidently roll the bike through while holding the door against your back, quickly though as the emergency bell will obnoxiously wail drawing all attention to you and your bike. 3) Roll the bike down to the end of the platform as the first and last cars tend to be the least crowded. 4) Wait attentively and prepare to roll the bike straight into the car. 5) Once the car arrives, let people exit the car and quickly judge if there is enough space. With confidence, roll the bike into the car. 6) Throughout the ride, move the bike out of the way whenever it obstructs the exit path of any of the other passengers. 7) At your stop, exit and repeat steps 1-3 in reverse.
That sounds simple enough.
Today I did it with two bikes. With two bikes, it’s at least 10x more difficult and draws at least 100x more attention. Simply, it’s 1000x worse.
Oh yeah, in addition, I was hung over as fuck.
Fuck.
