Open thread: What are you thankful for?

I am grateful for our big, growing and fun-loving bike community in every part of the country. Thanks Jonathan for chronicling all that’s going on in Portland and around the world and happy tgiving to your growing family.

Thankful for all the ways I can volunteer to enrich the overall community through cycling, such as the Community Cycling Center and Sunday Parkways.

Echoing a lot of the other people’s comments, I am also thankful for living in a city that promotes cycling and the citizens that by in large are very courteous to me when I am riding.

how’s about being thankful for being alive at this pivotal time in history? and the Bike Mass tomorrow??

https://www.facebook.com/events/144152915690086/
http://shifttobikes.org/cal/#25-2679
and how’s about the swarm strategy meeting afterwards?? http://shifttobikes.org/cal/#25-2694

I’m thankful that my bike is working well. For the people that give me plenty of space when passing me. I am thankful for my friends that are helping me out while in between jobs.

My family, sunny Winter days in Portland, amazing local microbrews, great trails, and the new Fox 36 fork I just installed on my mountain bike.

I’m thankful that my first child, Finley Sage Smith arrived safely on 11-22-11 at Legacy Emanuel after it was clear that more than home birth resources were needed. And for the speedy recovery of my wife, plus the outstanding care she, he & I got while there, both from hospital staff and our midwife. Thank you, Portland, for being such an awesome place to have a baby!

thankful for the long line of human creativity that led to the invention and ongoing perfection of the bike; for two grown offspring who have largely escaped the clutches of car culture; for health; for my trusty 21-year-old bike; for all the riders and bloggers and thinkers supporting bikes; and much more

I’m thankful for the safety and convenience of the rules of the road that reduce conflicts, provide a uniform, predictable flow of traffic while placing vehicles where drivers can see and understand them.

I’m thankful for the popular streets with traffic where I can learn to get along so well with other people with driving behavior.

I’m particularly pleased to have the acquaintance and great benefit of people with the healthy life-giving example of facing and overcoming life’s challenges so I can become a better healthier and stronger person thorough learning great bicycle driving.