Bike

At 7:30, we went down to the beach to do Yoga and Tai Chi. After that, we were thinking of going down to Ideals and getting breakfast but we only had ten dollars so we were heading to our bikes to ride home. While we were walking to our bikes, we thought maybe we could just get some cocoa there or something so we went in. At the resturaunt, we ordered the drinks (cocoa and coffee) and the lady put us on a no-tax table since we were just ordering drinks. The funny thing about that is we didn’t actually move to a new No-Tax table, we just sat where we sat.

Anyway, after that we went home. At home, I went to Amazon and checked to see where my bike was (with the tracking number). It read “Nov 16, 2005 – 06:46:00 AM (even though it was 10:00) – SANTA CRUZ CA US – Out for delivery”. Just when I read the “Out for delivery” part, I heard a knock on the door. I went down and sure enough, it was UPS with the bike! Woah! That was almost spooky (in a good way). It was in a box with the order reciept on it. When I opened that box, I saw another box inside that the actual bike inside (’cause the box had the trademarked Mongoose label on it. When I took it out, there was printing that read, “Do Not Place On Side.” It would’ve been neat if they put that on the outer box so I knew that before I unknowingly put it on it’s side. Oh well, no damage was done. Since some assembly was required and volleyball started in ten minutes, I started working on it right away ’cause I thought that I could get it done in time to ride it to volleyball. five minutes later, I knew there was no chance of getting it done right in timeso I stopped it and left on my old bike.

When I got home, I finished it up. It sure was spiffy! There was a few mistakes that I made which I changed (like when I attached the handlebar piece on the fork/tube piece, the fork/tube piece was backward. In other words, the back wheel was foward and the front wheel was backward). After I made the adjustments, I got on it and jumped up and down (from my seat) to test out the shocks. The shocks seemed very spongy but then Luke reminded me that I needed to fill up the tires a bit more (they were pre-filled half way). After I fill it up, I rode out of the house. I thought I could ride down the stairs (’cause of the good shocks) but I carried it down. I test drove it around the block. I wasn’t wearing a helmet and I was afraid a cop might come by and ticket me so I couldn’t fully enjoy the ride. When I got back, I got a helmet and enjoyed it. Boy, the shocks are really good when riding off the curb onto the street. It was great to feel the spongy absorbiness of the shocks going off the curb rather than the jarring feeling with the old un-shocked bike.

What’s also good about that bike is I can switch gears. I mean with my old bike, I could switch gears but I never did ’cause I correctly set it to the only gear where it wouldn’t click (’cause if it wasn’t set right, it would make this clicking sound). So in the driveway, I set it to the 3rd gear and popped a mean wheelie which I haven’t done for many years (with my old mountain bike). It’ll be fun slamming on the brakes in the dirt but I can’t do that for the first thirteen miles ’cause I gotta let the brakes get a little used first.