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Some Say You Never Forget How... 5 days ago

... and others like me have never learned. Its more of a “to-do” list entry in my opinion.



grendle is gonna learn to stop worrying and love the cake

Untitled 1 week ago

When I do this, it will make my life a hell of a lot easier. I don’t drive, and walking is BORING.

I also grew up on a hill. ):



ProzacMuffin is watching Battlestar Galactica

:P 1 month ago

I grew up on a hill…



LuneFromage dances the line between two worlds.

Chain 2 months ago

My bike came sort of… not fully assembled. There was a plastic bit that took me quite a while to remove and the chain seems to not be properly connected….

Ironically I could ice skate and swim when I was 2 years old, but my parents must have not found it prudent to teach me to ride a bike :P



no car trouble for now 2 months ago

Haven’t been driving much, haven’t had any trouble with the car for a while.



I love you all! 2 months ago

I am so happy I am not alone, I love you all!



I really want to do it 2 months ago

I was very introvert child. I feared people very much and very rarely played with other kids. I tried learn to ride some times when I had an opportunity, but failed. I was very ashamed by this and never asked help. But now I am an adult and I am changing! So I am going to hire a bike and learn to ride it.



I'm twenty-six 2 months ago

and never learned. But since I live less than three minutes from my job by car, I would love to bike to work.



A tale of Goldilocks and the three bikes. 3 months ago

I think the attached picture sums up my feelings about yesterday.

For some reason, this household has 1.67 bicycles per capita. Naturally, only a few work, but the rest are almost rideable.

Turns out yesterday I tried riding two that were in the “not ride worthy” category. I started off with my brother’s old bike, which I tried airing up the tires, but managed to have the tire come off the wheel in the process. I didn’t know this.

Picture this: girl in a headscarf (it was REALLY windy) and huge headphones in her backyard, leaned up against the fence, pedaling her heart out but is going nowhere. I had one foot on the ground, the other on the pedal, leaning at a 70 degree angle to the fence so I couldn’t fall over. I wasn’t moving. I started pedaling my heart out, and I realized that the only reason I was moving forward was that my foot on the ground was helping to push me forward. Yeah. I got annoyed and tried to get the pink bike of doom from the garage, a Univega that is about 25 years old and in need of a tuneup.

Bike: 1, Me: 0.

Same thing goes- air up the tires, deep breath, walk it out to the backyard. I try getting up on the saddle but since this is a road bike, it sits much higher up. I promptly fall over on the ground. Try it again, and I catch myself before I fall over again. I swear a lot, and put the bikes back in the garage. Damn.

Bike: 2, Me: 0.

We made progress today. Bike number three is a Takara from the 80s. Air up the tires, deep breaths. Bring the bike inside. Death grip on the couch. Sit on the saddle, one foot on the pedal, push forward. Fantastic, except the bike is in too high of a gear to work. I had someone fix it, then try two. I made it two feet. Try three, five feet. Try three, seven feet. One hand on the couch/chair/wall, one on the handlebars. Deep breaths.

Tomorrow I shall take it to the backyard when the weather is better.

Bike: 2, Me: 1.

I’m moving for college in a few months, so it’s important I learn. I’m getting the bike I want for my graduation present, on the condition that I learn to ride before I graduate high school. I can do this.



Untitled 3 months ago

I never learned how to ride a bike- it’s never been an issue but it’s always been sort of embarassing. The last time I tried to learn, I was 12, and I got tangled in the bike and broke both of my wrists.

I’m moving to a larger city (from my suburb) in a month or two, and I really want to be able to ride to work and use my car less.



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