First Ride

My new bike arrived last Friday, just in time for spring break, and after some frustration I was able to get it all together finally on Saturday or Sunday and the other day I went out for my first ride. The biggest difference with this new bike is with shifting gears. For the past year I had been using my Mom's old Motobecane, which is a very nice bike and one that they drool over at the bike shop whenever we bring it in, but has old fashioned shifters down on the frame of the bike that aren't always so user friendly. So out I went with my new bike for the first time on a beautiful day here in Newton and found myself wishing for the first half of the ride that I had the old shifters back. I'm very quickly coming around to the new ones though and after a few more rides I'm sure I'll like them infinitely better than the old ones.