Well, I’ve had my new bike for four days now, and I can finally admit to myself that I like it. As excited as I was about getting the bike, I couldn’t rid myself of a lingering doubt that this just wasn’t going to work out. The three rides we made a little while ago on my old Peugeot didn’t… Read more »
Okay, maybe it’s time to confess what this blog is really about. Trish and I are very excited about our bikes, and our rides, and even all the great stuff we’ve had an excuse to buy. But the truth is that a lot of the excitement stems from the realisation that we can ride at all. We’ve touched on this… Read more »
Trish made her inaugural ride on her new Gitane Organ e-bike today. For me, it was a chance to catch up with an old friend. I needed something to ride. A while back, Trish bought a mountain bike, but it’s way too small. I mean, I’ve ridden it, but it’s not anything a sane person would do. About a year… Read more »
As Homer Simpson once memorably said: “Facts are meaningless! You could use facts to prove anything…” And statistics, which are not necessarily the same thing. So one wanders into the whole helmet/no-helmet debate with some trepidation. And yet here I am… The problem with this discussion – as with so many on the interwebs – is that, sooner or later,… Read more »
I love cycling, but I’ve found that you need to do it regularly, otherwise the inertia just becomes too great. It’s not exactly as though I’m new to cycling. Since I grew out of my original set of wheels, aged six, I’ve owned bicycles from time to time. When I was about 12, I got my first ‘racing’ bike, meaning… Read more »
