I want to ride my bicycle
Apr. 17th, 2005 09:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charliesmumMy first two-wheeler was this yellow and green thing. I think it was a hand-me-down. One day, when I was around 6 or 7, I was riding this bike in the alley behind my grandparent's house in Ocean City, and it split in half. Just split clean in half. One second I'm riding my two-wheeler, the next minute the bottom half of the bike is on the ground behind me, I'm balanced on the front half for a few moments until gravity remembers its role in life, and I fall to the ground.
My grandfather immediately took me to the local Schwinn shop and bought me a new one. He was nice that way. He was nice lots of ways, but I digress. I don't remember what the bike was like, really, but I'm sure it was purple. That was my favorite color.
My first ten-speed was a purple thing that I bought with my own, saved up money. It cost $100, if I remember correctly. That was also purple. I had that bike for ages. It eventually got stolen outside of my apartment that I was sharing with my husband in the early 90's.
I'm bringing this up because this morning we went to a local flea-market, and I bought myself a cheap bike, so I could go on bike rides with Charlie. We rode to the park, he played on the playground for a while, then we came home. It was fun. His best friend's moms also bike, and we're planning on biking together this summer. So, yay biking.
My grandfather immediately took me to the local Schwinn shop and bought me a new one. He was nice that way. He was nice lots of ways, but I digress. I don't remember what the bike was like, really, but I'm sure it was purple. That was my favorite color.
My first ten-speed was a purple thing that I bought with my own, saved up money. It cost $100, if I remember correctly. That was also purple. I had that bike for ages. It eventually got stolen outside of my apartment that I was sharing with my husband in the early 90's.
I'm bringing this up because this morning we went to a local flea-market, and I bought myself a cheap bike, so I could go on bike rides with Charlie. We rode to the park, he played on the playground for a while, then we came home. It was fun. His best friend's moms also bike, and we're planning on biking together this summer. So, yay biking.