overheard...

...on the Merri Creek bike path; one very large middle aged man saying to thin air (on the phone) "maybe when I burn out a bit I will..." and a woman saying to another woman as their small dog runs in the grass nearby: "It's protectionism."

these fragments of conversation are part of the aural landscape of the bike rider.

good cycling news: these horrible steps, which are hard to haul a loaded bike up, are being replaced! hooray!