I got a bike! Yay!!!
Or to be exact... I already had a bike! Yay! And it's finally here! Double yay! Just like all my other stuff!!! MASSIVE YAY!!!!!
But more about the arrival of my goods later. As soon as the moving in was finished, I got to my bikes, and went to ready my brand new Johnny Loco Dutch Delight Beach Cruiser for the journey to work. I'll get to the mountainbike later. It's a pretty flat journey to work, so the 3-gear back-pedal brake Johnny Loco is absolutely splendid. Here it is, in its morning glory state. I didn't have time to affix the crate at the front, so got a backpack and cycled to work!
Or to be exact... I already had a bike! Yay! And it's finally here! Double yay! Just like all my other stuff!!! MASSIVE YAY!!!!!
But more about the arrival of my goods later. As soon as the moving in was finished, I got to my bikes, and went to ready my brand new Johnny Loco Dutch Delight Beach Cruiser for the journey to work. I'll get to the mountainbike later. It's a pretty flat journey to work, so the 3-gear back-pedal brake Johnny Loco is absolutely splendid. Here it is, in its morning glory state. I didn't have time to affix the crate at the front, so got a backpack and cycled to work!
All went well. And it's absolutely awesome that the cycle path that ends up right at the bicycle entrance of the office come right by my home. Half an hour of leisurely paddling and that's it!
I noticed a lot of cyclists on the way, and the cycle storage and changing rooms at work are absolutely overloaded. But all bicycles I've seen are of the mountain bike, all terrain bike, or racing bike varieties. Everybody is wearing their sporty gear and trying to go as fast as they can. I was quite standing out sitting back instead of leaning forward, wearing my suit, happily paddling along. However, check out what I found parked right next to my bike in the office cycle storage area when I went to go back home:
I noticed a lot of cyclists on the way, and the cycle storage and changing rooms at work are absolutely overloaded. But all bicycles I've seen are of the mountain bike, all terrain bike, or racing bike varieties. Everybody is wearing their sporty gear and trying to go as fast as they can. I was quite standing out sitting back instead of leaning forward, wearing my suit, happily paddling along. However, check out what I found parked right next to my bike in the office cycle storage area when I went to go back home:
A tasty 'lekker' Dutch lady bike! That must have crawled up on my Dutch bike on purpose. We'll see if they meet up more frequently, and who knows, there might be little baby bikes in the future!
The way back home was a bit less fortunate though:
The way back home was a bit less fortunate though:
- Something went wrong with the paddle on the right and got dislodged and all crooked, making cycling very hard. It took a bit of effort back home to take it out and put it back in again. The thread in the bike is quite damaged, so we'll see if it holds tomorrow, otherwise I'll already have to replace a part of the bike :'(
- I was carrying some shopping in a plastic bag, and I rediscovered how much I hate having a plastic bag hanging from the steering bar.
- The path that was just fine in the morning, was flooded on the way back! Luckily it wasn't too hard to find an alternative way around.
I also realised I really don't like backpacks. So after I fixed the paddle I got to fixing the crate on the bike (tie-wraps yeah!) and check out the Black Beauty:
I'll see if I can fix something like a GoPro cam on my helmet sometime soon so I can record the journey to work and share it with all you fine people.
TTFN! Ta ta for now! Got to be bouncing along!
TTFN! Ta ta for now! Got to be bouncing along!
