| Just picked up yesterday - new bike! |
 Just picked up yesterday - new bike!
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Jun. 25th, 2008 @ 09:31 am 
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When I was younger, I was famous around my town for getting around on my bike. People who didn't know my name would generally say something about the kid who always had his bike to describe me, it was such an accepted thing I actually sat on my bike for the church directory picture.
Never mind the fact that physically I began to dwarf my 20" Summit Freestyle BMX bike with GT Mag rims, shark bite pedals, and whatever else I put on to maintain it, it was a part of my soul. When it was taken it was a like giving up a part of myself I did not willing give up, even though at the time I didn't give my bike the attention and time I used to.
So yesterday, I went looking for a new bike. "Santa" got my daughter a really nice Purple/Chrome Schwinn Christmas of 06. The first time she got on it, she was great on it even though it was a bit to big for her then. She was going fast doing great, turned a little to sharp and toppled, now a year and half later she'll get on it, but she tries to go really slow and wont build any momentum, she'll only muscle the pedals preferring her tricycle to her bike. She's getting a bit big for the tricycle and she's on the "big girl" kick now, so I figured one of the better ways to motivate her was to get my own bike and ride it with her.
This of course lead me to the next question. What kind of bike? I've had a 10 speed before, I destroyed it over time, I've always been a rough rider. BMX's always seemed to be the type that was best for me. I figured I would probably get an old fashioned adult industrial type cruiser bike, but that really wasn't me. When I went to the bike shop the guy asked me what I wanted, I told him I didn't know, but I used to ride those (pointing at the BMX's). He suggested a 24" BMX. I decided that wasn't such a bad idea.
He didn't have any built at the moment, but we had two picked out, I went with the Diamondback Lucky 24. I was a bit hesitant to get a Diamondback since they've actually started selling that brand at Wal-Mart, but it has a history of being a good bike, this was a real bike shop, it appeared to be a good bike on my inspection, so I'm hoping Diamond back pulled a Levi, where they sell a crappy line at Wal-Mart and maintain a good line elsewhere. I guess they could sell a good line in both places.
It rides pretty good, but I can tell the handle bars are shorter. The guy told me I could 20" style handle bars on it if I want, that's actually a really popular thing to do. I'm going to hold off on it and try it out as is first, but I may do that in the future. Maybe a part of me will return. |
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