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bugshaw at 12:55pm on 23/07/2005
bugshaw at 12:55pm on 23/07/2005I have a bicycle! Jessica Rabbit and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
groliffe took me round the bike shops of Mill Road, and we discussed frames and panniers and strength and tyres and the like. Having picked a design that would suit, we discovered it only came down to an 18" frame - I could just about get on it but it was very big and unwieldy. A ladies' bike in a 16" was much easier to mount, and comfy, and a slightly dorky pale blue so less nickable. And only twice the price, which is the cost of being freakishly short.
Picture of shiny bicycle.
They are giving it a quick service, and I pick it up at 3:30 today! JR & G enjoyed spending my money - I also have lights, a lock, a helmet, bungee cord, and several types of pannier to consider.
I also got taught lots of newbie things like how gears work and what they are for, how to mount a bicycle, when one might like to stand on the pedals, the point of different tyres, panniers vs baskets, which bits to oil and which to keep clean, etc... I have a steep learning curve ahead of me but luckily no hills (this being Cambridge).
groliffe took me round the bike shops of Mill Road, and we discussed frames and panniers and strength and tyres and the like. Having picked a design that would suit, we discovered it only came down to an 18" frame - I could just about get on it but it was very big and unwieldy. A ladies' bike in a 16" was much easier to mount, and comfy, and a slightly dorky pale blue so less nickable. And only twice the price, which is the cost of being freakishly short.Picture of shiny bicycle.
They are giving it a quick service, and I pick it up at 3:30 today! JR & G enjoyed spending my money - I also have lights, a lock, a helmet, bungee cord, and several types of pannier to consider.
I also got taught lots of newbie things like how gears work and what they are for, how to mount a bicycle, when one might like to stand on the pedals, the point of different tyres, panniers vs baskets, which bits to oil and which to keep clean, etc... I have a steep learning curve ahead of me but luckily no hills (this being Cambridge).
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