The Little Bike That Could.

 A few days ago I made a mid-length journey to a job interview and stayed over with a friend. It took a fair whack of time and was a little more interesting than the usual tedium of my life. So I decided to see if I could get a piece of writing out of it. The following is my first attempt at something approaching a stream of consciousness, the thoughts and feelings are all pretty real and based upon how I felt in the moment, as such they may not be absolutely factually accurate, but they are true to me.  Without further ado: