![]() You can e-mail him here, find his archive here and follow him on Twitter. Shaun Powell has covered the NBA for more than 25 years. Because here at the NBA campus, sealed off from the outside, no matter how long or fast you pedal, you can only travel so far. But when time permits and the muscles allow, the bike will be my escape. I felt for the soul who was sitting back at the rental place, waiting his turn. The still wind and stifling humidity suddenly disappeared. The grip on the handle bars never felt more secure. The first few pedals were wobbly minutes later, they were Lance Armstrong-like. The last time I rode a bike was when I taught my daughter she’s now 22 so you can do the math.īut, as they say: You never forget how. My ride was carefree and wonderful, a chance to explore and forget momentarily why I was here. There’s no speed limit and even so, nobody is around to enforce it and few humans to crash into.Īnd so grown men and women are zooming around, working off stress or that day’s dinner, starting at dawn and ending around sunset. In the past few days I’ve seen referees on bikes, players on bikes (couldn’t exactly make out their faces they whizzed by), coaches on bikes, general managers on bikes. The absence of tourists on the property means you can ride in the spacious parking lot, or on the road, or along a walking trail down by the lake (watch out for snakes). ![]() That makes the pedaling smooth and the path ahead is open. The bikes are pretty basic, no gears to shift, but they’re well-maintained and the land is flat. In any event, I snagged my first bike yesterday and … woosh. The guilty somehow go unpunished and the victims are left waiting and frowning and finally surrendering and resorting to jogging, which as you know isn’t as much fun.īut wait! There are suddenly more bikes for rental! Someone got the message, or maybe the habitual riders simply got bored and moved onto something else. Therefore, I had the sneaky suspicion of daily crimes being committed: bike hoarding. There’s no time limit on the bike rentals just make sure to return them before closing time. It’s not unusual for the bikes to disappear from the rack by late morning, and then you must hope that someone’s legs begin to complain. Others are renting them from the hotel - if they get to them quickly enough. Some players and personnel who planned this trip properly had the bright ideal to bring their own bikes. There aren’t many things to do for hundreds of people occupying the NBA ecosystem at Walt Disney World, and so riding bikes has become a thing. ![]() This isn’t the Tour de France but more like the Tour de Campus, where men and women on bikes is the preferred option for those looking for exercise and fresh air and maybe a reason to reclaim their childhood. This patch of Earth is swarming with tall people, basketballs, buses, virus testers … and bikes.
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