My shiny bike
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Eight months ago when I decided I was going to try and get fit, I bought a nice shiny new bike. I got a Giant Sedona LX. When I was young I used to cycle everywhere so I knew I liked cycling. I also used to cycle to University back when I was a student (until some sod stole my bike).
I did quite a bit of research online and decided that this bike met my needs. It had all the fancy bits that I wanted but didn’t really need like disk brakes, shock absorbers etc. It could go both on road and off road. In short it is a brilliant bike.
I bought it on a Sunday but unfortunately it was pouring down with rain and I did not want to take it for it’s inaugral ride in the wet for a number of reasons:
- It was still shiny and new. Mud spatters on my new bike! No way!
- I wear glasses and they fog up terribly when I exercise in the wet. I once tried to put on anti fog liquid but almost passed out from the fumes (apparently you are only supposed to put a tiny bit on - who reads instructions eh?).
- As previously established, I’m soft.
Anyways, back to my story. I had bought the bike and was planning on going for a cycle the next day (weather permitting).
However, at about 4am my wife woke me up and said her waters had broken about 4 hours earlier. Oh, didn’t I mention that my wife was pregnant at the time? Anyways, 3 days later my daughter finally made it into the world. Here’s a photo of me looking happy but tired on her second evening in the world. Needless to say the bike, shiny and new though it was, got neglected for a while.
I don’t think I actually took it for a ride until about two months later. But when I did, it was good. It had everything that you would want in a bike, except an engine. Boy, it needs an engine.
So I have ridden my poor bike about four times in the last eight months. This is its current status. It is hanging from the roof in my garage.
I think I need to go for a ride on it. Maybe this weekend.
Weather permitting.
Ooooooooh, shinalicious bike. Me wanna know how to ride a bike. ME WANNA BIKE. *bangs fists on something*
[pssst... you'll be in for a lot of that when Emma gets older!]
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Buy a bike then! The main reason I don’t bike much is the traffic in Auckland is horrible for bikers. I’m hoping to go down to Mission Bay this weekend and use the bike lanes.
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It’s weird - I’m all like, “I don’t want to buy a bike until I know how to ride one”, but… I can’t learn to ride a bike without… you know… a bike :-S Hopefully the weekend is nice, those bike lanes in Mission Bay are lovely.
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Here is SA the roads are too dangerous! And I’m still to heavy to balance my body on such a small part of my body. But, we are looking at emigrating (maybe even to NZ!) and maybe then I’ll find a safe place to ride…
I will be signing up with Dreamhost today!
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I’m originally from Darling in the Western Cape.
You’ll love Dreamhost.
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No… the story is not quite like that
I didn’t wake you up. You woke up saw me on the computer in wee hours in the morning. Then you figured something is up…
But yeah, won’t be the first time someone spends a lot of money on new toys and accessories and not use them
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I’m far too cheap to go out and buy a shiny new bike. Maybe if I got so that I was riding my old hand-me-down all the time then I’d think about it.
Maybe you could get some of those roller things (dunno the proper name for them) so you can ride it in the shed
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Just like the treadmill - going nowhere fast (or not so fast).
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Could you not find a more flattering shot of yourself??
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Lim, wait for your turn… 4 days of not much sleep… I’m sure you will look stunning, too
You haven’t seen me in there yet
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