Biker Chick

That old Peugeot that Stephen converted into a fixed-gear bike?  Yeah, that used to be mine.  Luckily I recently upgraded from my mom’s trusty old blue steed, born in 1981 (that’s older than I am, people!), to a brand spankin’ new Kona Dew.

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This, ladies and gentlemen, is what 20 and a half inches of white street-shredding bike looks like.  Muah-haha!

Let me… just… get on… the thing…

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And I’ll be on my way!

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Stephen was over the moon when we went to pick out my new bike and even more beside himself when I consented to my first ever group road bike ride last Sunday.

Now I have to say I’ve always thought the full spandex cycling look was just a little more hardcore than I’d ever be.  But after the first hour-long trial run around town with the mister, I definitely saw the light.  Those tight shorts aren’t just for showing off your cleanly-shaven legs.  They actually have a thick gel pad in the rump that acts as a swear-word repellent!  You wouldn’t believe it.  Several days of sore buns after my Kona’s maiden voyage found me gearing up for my first real road ride looking like this…

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Stephen was oh so proud.  I have to say the first road ride experience was (mostly) a good one.  I was shocked at how fun riding a bike can be when 1) the bike is your size, 2) it actually shifts into the right gears, and 3) you’re riding with people who are slow.  (It was a beginner ride, so I’m allowed to say that.)

I think we might make this Sunday ride a routine thing!  The only reason I say the ride was mostly good is that I kinda sorta ran into two people about 5 minutes from the end of the ride… Yeah, we’re gonna try not to do THAT next time.

Maybe next time too I can wear my own clothes and not look like Stephen’s Mini Me. hehe.

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