Saturday, January 06, 2007

Good news, Bad news

GN: I bought a bike. It's a Giant Rock, which I think is an appropriate model name for a bike for me.

BN: I'm in work and I came straight from the bike place so Mark had to take it home cos I'd no lock with me.

BN: Work is non-committal about how long I need to be here, so I had to cancel my driving lesson for today.

jills new bike glory
The bike!

Just took it for a spin round our car park. Nearly went over the handlebars with my enthusiastic braking at speed - you can tell I'm really not used to brakes that work well. I haven't had a shiny new bike in 15.5 years, its so deadly not to rattle and squeak all over the gaff. I have a wee bell, and a basket (not pictured cos it's a bit girly but necessary so I don't have a squillion accoutrements hanging offa me like I usually do) and 21 gears. Of which I will use 3 probably.

1 comment:

Katherine said...

Well congratulations it looks lovely!