It’s like riding a bike. Literally.

Wednesday, 26th March, 2008

I recently bought a bike (a pedal bike, not a motor one – that’s for another post!)

When I was younger I was always out on my bike, and used to go for some fairly lengthy journeys on it, which could easily take me a good eight or nine hours round trip. My last memory of having a bike and being out and about on it was when I was 17, because soon after that (18) I owned my first car, and so the bike was very quickly superfluous to my needs.

For a few reasons (nostalgia, health/fitness, practicality, environmental) I decided that I’d get a new bike, and start using it again. And I actually have been using it; surprisingly it hasn’t just sat there in my spare room gathering dust.

I’m quite enjoying being out on two wheels again, to the point that even when I’ve been getting home from work, if it has still been bright (and dry) enough, I’ve quickly got changed, and jumped on the bike to go for a quick run. I’m a way off being as capable on it as I used to be (anything more than an hour or so at the moment has my legs in severe agony), but I’m sure that over time this will get better and better. And with summer (ha!) approaching, I’m likely to be out and about more often.

I’m looking forward to it.

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It’s like riding a bike. Literally.

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