I am now officially a Biker babe. I've got a new bike, and I'm a babe in the woods on using it!!
Unlike most kids who learn to tricycle, then cycle/bike, then motorcycle/scooter and then drive a car, I went from tricycle to car jumping all the intermediate stages. Hence, I'm in the small minority of adults who have never ridden a bike. So how did I end up with a bike....well I was conned into it by my hubby!!
It all started with my hubby getting interested in biking and a magazine article that talked about going green and cycling to work. A general interest turned into something serious as my hubby's office planned to shift closer to home and biking to work became quite a feasible idea. Spurred on by the eco-friendliness of the concept and his growing interest, I promised to buy him a bike for his birthday. So he did a lot of research, joined forums, contacted people, dragged me to showrooms etc. etc. You can read all about his research here.
When we landed up in the Merida showroom, the very helpful staff helped him make his choice. Little was I to know, I was going to get conned into buying one too. I've reached the ripe age of 30 without having a pedal at all. Suddenly, everyone around me was gushing how good it was...visions of the happy couple biking around with a dog loping with them entered my head, and in a weak moment I gave in.
So now I'm the tentative owner of Juliet 100-V, with not much clue how to go about it. The showroom guy was really helpful and taught me how to get on and off the bike - a big consideration as given my height (5 feet nothing) this first step itself felt quite daunting. But I mastered the tilt and mount mechanism and felt pretty confident of going ahead.
The bikes came home on Saturday night and Sunday morning saw us at an obscenely early hour at the park, trying out our wheels. After some shaky starts, I did manage to get a rhythm and cycle in a straight line. Not bad for a first day. I seem to have kind of got the balance, keeping the handle bars straight and trying not to wobble is a different story!! And of course my bum hurts...those cycle seats are hell on the butt, specially generously built ones.
But I'm hopeful for the future....and hopeful about losing some weight at the same time.
Unlike most kids who learn to tricycle, then cycle/bike, then motorcycle/scooter and then drive a car, I went from tricycle to car jumping all the intermediate stages. Hence, I'm in the small minority of adults who have never ridden a bike. So how did I end up with a bike....well I was conned into it by my hubby!!
It all started with my hubby getting interested in biking and a magazine article that talked about going green and cycling to work. A general interest turned into something serious as my hubby's office planned to shift closer to home and biking to work became quite a feasible idea. Spurred on by the eco-friendliness of the concept and his growing interest, I promised to buy him a bike for his birthday. So he did a lot of research, joined forums, contacted people, dragged me to showrooms etc. etc. You can read all about his research here.
When we landed up in the Merida showroom, the very helpful staff helped him make his choice. Little was I to know, I was going to get conned into buying one too. I've reached the ripe age of 30 without having a pedal at all. Suddenly, everyone around me was gushing how good it was...visions of the happy couple biking around with a dog loping with them entered my head, and in a weak moment I gave in.
So now I'm the tentative owner of Juliet 100-V, with not much clue how to go about it. The showroom guy was really helpful and taught me how to get on and off the bike - a big consideration as given my height (5 feet nothing) this first step itself felt quite daunting. But I mastered the tilt and mount mechanism and felt pretty confident of going ahead.
The bikes came home on Saturday night and Sunday morning saw us at an obscenely early hour at the park, trying out our wheels. After some shaky starts, I did manage to get a rhythm and cycle in a straight line. Not bad for a first day. I seem to have kind of got the balance, keeping the handle bars straight and trying not to wobble is a different story!! And of course my bum hurts...those cycle seats are hell on the butt, specially generously built ones.
But I'm hopeful for the future....and hopeful about losing some weight at the same time.
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