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.
