Well, it's not a Harley..

[gridlore]

but at least I'm back on two wheels again.

Thanks to the generosity of my mother and sister, today we picked up a bike down at Target; a Dynacraft Magna Men's Great Divide. I also received a good solid lock and a nice green helmet. Now I just need some muscle in the appropriate places...

18 speeds. About 12 more than I needs, but hell, it was cheap. But it's been 20 years since I rode a multispeed bike, and things have changed. For example, it has both a front and rear derailer. That's new to me. So I guess I'm going to be doing a little experimenting as I ride.

Since my mom's car has no room for bikes in any state of construction, we bought the floor model, and I rode it home. About four miles, give or take. Remember what I said about not having been on a bike for 20 years? Needless to say when I got home and off the bike, I was staggering like a drunken sailor. (Or not, I'd have to get sailorjim's opinion on the quality of my staggering.)

I know I'm going to hurt tomorrow.. but I'm getting on the bike (which will be named soon enough) and try to do a few miles. One of the lessons I learned in the Army was that pain is transitory, and the pay off is worth the effort.

Now I just need a MP3 player. :)

Comments

[kengr]

Add padding, adjust the seat height carefully, and when you can spare the cash, hit a *good* bike store and talk to them about seats. The standard seats, especially racing type seats, are *not* that great for many people.

And if you get any numbness down there, do something *now*. Badly placed of fitted seats can cause *permanent nerve damage rendering a certain organ useless... <wince>