Ok, My Bicycle

Yup, so continuing my previous post about bicycles, yes, I bought one about 3 weeks back? I don't really remember. I bought a GT from The Bicycle Superstore. It is a Hybrid and it was on offer, a hundred dollars off its original price. Now having ridden it a few times, I think I made a really good choice. (Which, BTW, was totally by chance. I did not make that choice with the guidance of my intellect. Haha.) The saddle is considerably soft. I tried a Giant bicycle in another shop, Cycle Works and I thought the saddle was quite hard, and he showed me a saddle I could buy for $40 which was really soft. But I think the saddle on my GT is as soft as that $40 saddle the guy from Cycle Works showed me. So yea, that's a good thing. And I think I made the right choice (also, a choice I made by chance) with getting the bicycle that has suspension on the frame. Haha. My bicycle is grey in colour, not really anything nice. My helmet is red and white and I'm looking for stickers to stick onto my helmet. Haha. I've come across some disagreements with my bicycle before, but it's all good now. =P

The day before yesterday and the day before that, I decided to take my bike to ride longer distances in preparation for the Bike Camp. Before, I only rode around the train station, using the paths which lead up to the platform. I Google Mapped the area around my house and chose to ride around the housing areas and parks. I calculated, using Google Map, that those two long rides amounted to about 10km each. Which is considered a short distance when compared to the distances I'll be covering at the Bike Camp. Anyway, I really enjoyed those bike rides. The houses here are really beautiful. That's the great thing about Melbourne, the thing I love about Australia that cannot be found in Malaysia. The hosuing areas have so many trees by the road sides, it's really beautiful. And the houses themselves look so nice and homey. I usually go riding at about 6.30pm. The sun sets at about 8pm (weird right?) and so I can catch the sun set. I get home before the sun has actually setted though. But it's always around the time when the sun is really bright and it's annoying because it shines through your windows and gets into your eyes. But combine that bright, orange sun, with the colour it makes the sky go, and the formation of the clouds here down under, you get a really nice view. I've taken some photos, might just post them up. But actually, I don't think that the photos look really good anyway. The real view was much better. But oh well.

The bell has just gone. See ya!