Bikes!
I've been getting a bit burned out from all this MCAT studying. Most girls would go shopping for new clothes or a new purse. I drove with Lawrence 45 minutes south to Stoughton to acquire bike #4. I now have 4 bikes- my purple commuter bike mysteriously named Caliente by Schwinn, my 1970s Amsterdam-style Free Spirit red cruiser, my speedy Trek road bike, and an Iron Horse mountain bike.
Oddly enough, I ride my $55, craigslist-bought Caliente almost exclusively and leave the other much more expensive bikes sitting pretty. I've only ridden the Trek once and averaged about 22 MPH on it! I can't wait to ride it again, but given that the nice trails are a good drive from Boston and Lawrence and I are bogged down with quals/MCAT this summer, I don't know when that will be. The Iron Horse turns out is a little too big for me. I tried jumping off the seat and straddling the crossbar to test how much it would hurt if I had to stop suddenly, and I started bleeding. But it was such a good deal! A new bike for 25% of its price! Lawrence and I are still trying to finagle a way to trade this one on craigslist or otherwise for a frame the won't make me bleed. And the cruiser has a flat that we have yet to fix.
It seems counterintuitive to spend more money bikes I will hardly use than the bike I use everyday, but with frequent bike theft around Cambridge, I can't risk losing expensive bikes. As a result, Lawrence and I have an apartment full of bikes: 9 total, 7 of which are functional, and only 2 of which are used on a daily basis. 5 are living in the hallway, one in the living room, one in the kitchen, and the two non-functionals on our porch. We have tried to make the bikes a part of the room decor as a temporary fix to the storage situation; my red mountain bike resides in our red kitchen while Lawrence's green and black mountain bike lives in our green and brown themed living room. We're either going to have to convert the porch into a bike garage, live with all the bikes all over the apartment, or move. :)
Oddly enough, I ride my $55, craigslist-bought Caliente almost exclusively and leave the other much more expensive bikes sitting pretty. I've only ridden the Trek once and averaged about 22 MPH on it! I can't wait to ride it again, but given that the nice trails are a good drive from Boston and Lawrence and I are bogged down with quals/MCAT this summer, I don't know when that will be. The Iron Horse turns out is a little too big for me. I tried jumping off the seat and straddling the crossbar to test how much it would hurt if I had to stop suddenly, and I started bleeding. But it was such a good deal! A new bike for 25% of its price! Lawrence and I are still trying to finagle a way to trade this one on craigslist or otherwise for a frame the won't make me bleed. And the cruiser has a flat that we have yet to fix.
It seems counterintuitive to spend more money bikes I will hardly use than the bike I use everyday, but with frequent bike theft around Cambridge, I can't risk losing expensive bikes. As a result, Lawrence and I have an apartment full of bikes: 9 total, 7 of which are functional, and only 2 of which are used on a daily basis. 5 are living in the hallway, one in the living room, one in the kitchen, and the two non-functionals on our porch. We have tried to make the bikes a part of the room decor as a temporary fix to the storage situation; my red mountain bike resides in our red kitchen while Lawrence's green and black mountain bike lives in our green and brown themed living room. We're either going to have to convert the porch into a bike garage, live with all the bikes all over the apartment, or move. :)
posted by Christina at 8:16 PM
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