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Super shiny new bicycle for daveb
Posted by daveb on November 21st, 2007
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Today I bought a bike. I bought a bike!
I saw one in the car boot sale yesterday that was, perhaps, a touch too small for me. Rather than buy it on the spot, I wanted to sleep on it so told the seller that I’d be back the next day.
The next day, the seller was nowhere to be seen. Probably a good thing, I thought, as I haven’t a clue about bikes and had still not decided between the car-boot one (for €40) and a new Decathlon model (at €99). At least this made my decision easy.
Off I toddled back to Decathlon positively foaming with excitement at the prospect of owning a bike. Let’s me be clear here: To many others (Squifter included) a bike is just a bike, it gets you from A-to-B. Not to me though: It’s a metaphor of a personal challenge that I recently overcame.
It seems like I’m the only person in the whole town that wears a helmet — and all bicycle helmets make a person look like, well, a helmet. But I don’t care because I’m riding my bike.
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Comment from Mark
Time: November 21, 2007, 1:59 pm
The way I always feel about helmets is this - I’d feel a right ‘helmet’ when my brain has been smashed against the inside of my skull and I can no longer even say the letter ‘h’, let alone ‘elmut’.
Could be worse lad. You in lycra makes me feel physically sick.
Comment from Test
Time: November 21, 2007, 4:43 pm
Ignore - or delete later
Comment from Test
Time: November 21, 2007, 4:59 pm
test2
Comment from Test
Time: November 21, 2007, 5:29 pm
test3 (Dave, I’ll leave you to delete these)
Comment from Test
Time: November 21, 2007, 5:54 pm
Testing, testing, 1..2..3
Comment from Carlos
Time: November 22, 2007, 10:28 am
The tomato rides a bike !!! Well done. Looking at that photo you need to cycle more mate, that frams doesn`t look strong enough to carry you….. ;-)
Now you can cycle the rest of your trip, now that would make a good story !
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