Riding home for Follow Friday

I just finished a 17.745km cycling that lasted about 1hh:1mm:42.0ss !

I took the bike to work on the train today as I wanted to pick up my pack for the race on Sunday. I was cool again, but I was hoping it would stay dry. I would normally leave quite early on a Friday, but I had to stay late to meet a deadline and so it was after 5 when I left. I did not think I would need my jacket on the way back as I soon warm up when riding. I took it fairly steady as there was no big rush and I do not want to wear myself out. It did actually rain a tiny bit, but nothing to worry about. I rode into Letchworth to Trisports where they were handing out the race packs. I did not browse too much, but they have some very expensive biked in there. Maybe some day I will upgrade.

The light was starting to go a bit by the time I got home, but it was just about okay to ride without likes. I had not expected to need any.

I am out for our local open mic tonight, but I still wanted to do my regular #FollowFriday post. My Inktober post will have to wait.

The Steem price is up a little on @CoinGecko. I do not know of anything specific driving this, but it always helps confidence. We need a boost right now. Things have been looking up since the last hardforks with big accounts handing out votes for nothing to good posts as they earn anyway from doing so. I hope they are also doing it for the general good of the platform.

I will give a mention to some fellow runners today including @marenontherun, @thp88, @ervin-lemark, @king-cobra, @toofasteddie, @bowery and @run.vince.run.

I will also some of the artists doing Inktober. @veryspider, @opheliafu, @carlgnash, @inber, @katharsisdrill, @michael.dime. Check out what is trending for some really good art. I am doing the challenge too, but I am a complete beginner just having fun with it.

In the doghouse this week is @mysearchisover who seems to think he is entitled to buy votes on his own comments. He is being quite abusive to anyone who questions this and dares to downvote him. Nobody is automatically entitled to rewards on Steem. They should be earned based on what others think. I see he keeps pushing the Leo tribe. It is fair enough that should do well, but not at the expense of Steem. I expect he is learning that the community is less tolerant of this kind of abuse. It is nothing personal, just for the good of the platform.

I would like to see Steemians of all levels being less self-serving. Even if you have bought lots of Steem does not mean you should give all your posts a big vote. If your content is good you will earn and you can benefit from curation rewards on votes for others. This would also give others a chance to trend. Right now we need to make Steem a good place for new users with good content so they stick around. If Steem keeps going up we all benefit.

I need to get to the pub now, so I will wish you all a great weekend, and Steem on!

The geeky guitarist and facilitator of the 10K Minnows Project.

• I'll buy guitar picks for Steem.
• Get a Wirex Debit Card to spend your crypto.
• Get some passive income with Mannabase.
• Get paid to search at Presearch.
• Battle for cards on Steem Monsters and I will lease to small accounts.
• I have Steem accounts to give away to worthy people!

![image]()

Check out some detailed info at my EXHAUST page
Join me in testing out EXHAUST!