I’ve had an unfortunate falling out of love with bike number 2. This has unsurprisingly occurred only since the sale of Bike no. 1 (which I am oddly missing a bit now) and the purchase of Bike no. 3
No. 2 was a revelation after the heaviness and clunkiness of no. 1. No. 1 still had it’s place as my ‘safety bike’, ie the one I liked to ride when tipsy because I couldn’t travel as fast on it as I could on no. 2. But since the arrival and subsequent breaking in of No. 3 on Sunday (40 miles), it just feels like No.2 has no real purpose. I’m sure I’ll get to like it again soon, the seat is more comfy for a start, but at the moment it is sad, lonely and neglected. I feel slightly bad about the fact that I now have a £550 ornament in my front room, however I can’t really consider selling it because a – I wouldn’t get as much for it as I wanted and b – I’m sure I’ll like it again soon – I’m fickle like that.
I suppose I’ll need it to do the Dunwich Dynamo in July, can’t see me riding all that way on a single speed bike really.
