Is there anything sadder than a grown woman attempting to learn to ride a bike (the bike I was using, by the way, was made for someone far taller than me) in front of many amused onlookers?

Actually: not that sad, because it cheered me up a lot, and I needed that. For all that I'm still not able to ride a bike.

I also think adults learning to ride bikes would be an awesome reality TV show. But now that I posted it on the interweb, someone from FOX is going to steal that idea and not pay me. Such is life.