I went out and bought a bicycle a couple days ago, since everyone seems to have them. It has three gears, a built-in lock, a taillight, and a headlight. I figured it would be a good way to get around the city.
So I walked into Daiei, the big department store, picked out a shiny new silver bike, wheeled it outside onto a narrow, pedestrian-filled sidewalk, pointed it in the correct direction, and mounted it. As I veered off into a line of parked bicycles and hit the brakes, one thought floated to the top of my head.
What the hell was I thinking?
I can’t ride a bicycle. In fact, I have a rather healthy fear of them. I don’t really want to ride one of those two-wheeled death machines even on a wide open road, and I especially don’t want to ride it down a street barely wide enough for two cars, while that street is filled with traffic!
Hey Jeff, you know they make a book “Bicycling for Dummies!” I’ll teach you to ride a bike if you teach me to fix my computer! hehe Try not to break anything.
Hey, if it makes you feel any better: I don’t know how to ride a bike either! I was trying to learn how to ride one when I was five…hit a speed bump at the end of a small hill at a rather high speed (keep in mind, first time rider, I was five…) flew about four or five feet and scraped both knees. I have NEVER attempted to learn to ride a bike since. ;)