Fun of choosing a bike, for the first time in nearly 20 years
I haven't ridden a bike for 3 years since right after the great earthquake of March 2011.
The last time I rode a bike, all public transportation was down, and there were no way to make contact with anyone in my workplace. Bike was the only feasible way to reach the office in time on the Monday. When I got to the office, one of the staff member was there and told me that employees didn't have to go to work until the company made contact with them.
It was the last time I rode a bike. It was because tires, wheels and brakes of my bike were worn out. After public transport was recovered, I didn't feel like riding a bike taking the trouble to fixing the problems since then. I had already ridden the bike more than 10 years, and I was thinking that if I ride a bike again, it would probably be a road racer, thinking of participating in a triathlon.
Today, I went to the city to look for a bike, because I felt like riding one again, and my bike doesn't work well any more.
Perhaps, planning to buy one, checking data and ads of bikes is one of the most fun thing of bike life, as well as actually riding and going somewhere. I experienced this kind of fun twice, which means I bought a bike twice, when I was 15 and 20. It's nearly 20 years since I experienced such a feeling.
The last time I rode a bike, all public transportation was down, and there were no way to make contact with anyone in my workplace. Bike was the only feasible way to reach the office in time on the Monday. When I got to the office, one of the staff member was there and told me that employees didn't have to go to work until the company made contact with them.
It was the last time I rode a bike. It was because tires, wheels and brakes of my bike were worn out. After public transport was recovered, I didn't feel like riding a bike taking the trouble to fixing the problems since then. I had already ridden the bike more than 10 years, and I was thinking that if I ride a bike again, it would probably be a road racer, thinking of participating in a triathlon.
Today, I went to the city to look for a bike, because I felt like riding one again, and my bike doesn't work well any more.
Perhaps, planning to buy one, checking data and ads of bikes is one of the most fun thing of bike life, as well as actually riding and going somewhere. I experienced this kind of fun twice, which means I bought a bike twice, when I was 15 and 20. It's nearly 20 years since I experienced such a feeling.
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