Scott Martin

Here in America we're celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow. That's when you eat marshmallow-filled Jell-O salad, decorate your house in orange and brown, and figure out how to do a 2-hour ride when you should be home hanging the relatives. I mean, hanging with the relatives.

And it's a time for giving thanks. So it seems like an appropriate moment to do that for something really important -- besides the abundance of marshmallows and the theft of a continent from Pocahontas.

• I'm talking, naturally, about our sport. Here's my list of cycling things to be thankful for :

• I'm thankful to be healthy enough to ride.

• I'm thankful that I've found a sport I can do the rest of my life.

• I'm thankful that my life could be longer because I ride.

• I'm thankful for all the great friends I've made through cycling.

• I'm thankful for all the wonderful places my bike has taken me.

• I'm thankful that my sport requires me to buy so many cool toys.

• I'm thankful that cycling happens to be good for the planet.

• I'm thankful for all you cool RoadBikeRider readers.

• I'm thankful for surviving another year of distracted drivers, potholed streets and clueless pedestrians.

• I'm thankful that I can eat as much as I want on Thanksgiving, knowing that I'll ride it off soon enough.

• I'm thankful for all the cycling advocates who fight for our rights.

• I'm thankful for the small amount of mechanical aptitude cycling has forced me to acquire.

• I'm thankful for the flat tire I'm bound to have tomorrow, which will turn my 2-hour ride into a 3-hour escape and get me home just in time for turkey.

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