Sweet Ride
Everyone in our family has a bike. Some people* have more than one, and if you count the likes of trikes and Green Machines, I think we have more bikes per capita here at The Asher’s than most bike shops. Everyone has ’em except for me.
I found a bike on the side of the road with a “Free” sign on it last year, so I took that rust-bucket home with a plan of doing it up. I didn’t get much further than streamers for the handles and some new Spokey Dokeys. The moral of this sad little tale is: don’t pick up crap from the side of the road, it is there for a reason (the reason is, that it is a piece of shit).
So today, in the interests of being able to go on a family bike ride on something other than a bright pink balance bike, I got this baby:
And I bloody love ‘er.
No confusing gears, no need to tuck forward like I’m on the Tour, the most comfy, non-wedgie-inducing seat ever invented, and she has a STAND. She can sit there, all pretty, happy to be gazed upon, without leaning on anything. Self-sufficient she is. As I looked at her lovingly I didn’t even care if I never rode her.
Until I rode her.
She has BACKBRAKES. I haven’t ridden a bike with backbrakes since about 1981. They RULE.
I couldn’t find a helmet cool enough for my pin-head at the shop, so I had to do the maiden voyage with my cranium all naked and unprotected, old-school style. It felt amazing. Wind in my hair and all that shit, but I gotta tell you I haven’t felt this young since, well, since I was last on a bike like this.
Check out the selling points:
- trendy (As if I didn’t know.. Please note, I will now be using the word trendy until it becomes, um, trendy again)
- compatible with sandals (I hope that means nice, woven, Roman Sandals).
I shall be veritably promenading on this beauty.
My advice to you, this day is:
1. Get yourself one of these bikes
2. Get yourself my husband**, or avail yourself of the $16.50 assembly fee… She was a bastard to put together AND she was missing a part, so I had to go back to the shops and get another, which wasted valuable coasting time, and gave me the shits.
3. Get yourself one of these bikes.
4. Forget to ask “Does my bum look big in this?” (It does)
Bum size notwithstanding, best 150 bucks I’ve spent in ages.
What should I call her?
Do you love a comfy bike too?
*Spoilt brats I tells ya.
**$16.50 would be cheaper than my husband. He is has expensive tastes.
Note: This is not a sponsored post, but Big W, if you’re reading, you know, feel free…
Haha! YES! All of those things would fit.
Plus, the pedals are sandal friendly. I suspect I won’t get a helmet, but an oversized floppy straw hat. With ribbons. I can see a whole new wardrobe coming up…
I love this and I have been dying to get one – I have gorgeous visions of myself coasting around with a bunch of flowers, a baguette and Peppa ( my black pug) in the basket. Billy is sure I can’t fit those things in one basket and will fall off and anything about sport and me just makes him nervous!
It’s a gorgeous bike. I love the idea of having a bike and riding it around the place but I go onto a bike for the first time in about 18 years this January and it was not pretty! I know you don’t forget to ride a bike, balance was not an issue – it just seemed like everything except balance was an issue! Not sure I’m game enough to do it again!
I know! It was hard to keep the purchases to those and a pair of shorts for work… Perhaps CR will sponsor us soon..?
I know what you’re saying on that one… And it hadn’t been that long for me (I’ve had a mountain bike that rusted through disuse). I wasn’t really that wobbly, but I felt a bit strange. But it all comes back. Find a flat path and go for it! It feels great.
SAME! Nath and Liam have some proper, fancy mountain bikes, which just give me a shoulder/neck ache.
I can’t wait to ride mine again… Think tomorrow I might need to do a Gympie Terrace Promenade.
Noice!, Paul keeps saying he thinks I should get one, but he and the kids have mountain bikes and Paul likes to go bush, which is so not my style. Maybe I’ll just get one to go coasting as you say 😉
I want one too. We have too many boys toys, not one girls toy.
Go and get one immediately. The basket is magnificent. We can coast down the hill together.
Loving yer new ride…. Ummm wonder wot bought this on?!! Race ya?!!
I hold you entirely responsible…
PS Ladies do NOT race, we COAST.