On the plus side though I have a new form of transport, something I have been meaning to buy for a while, if you can t guess from the title a push bike
full suspension, disk brakes front and rear and 21 gears, why full suspension you ask? while I don`t intend on going full on down hill off road cycling there will be times where suspension will be useful.
I picked the bike up on a Thursday afternoon, everything had been prebuilt with the only thing I needed to do was turn the handlebars to the correct position, with that done a quick test ride revealed a couple of adjustments needed to be made, firstly the seat was too low and secondly the brakes didn`t seem to be as effective as they could have been, seat adjusted I went for a quick ride around the local park, everything seemed to work fine, with no work the next day I decided to go for a slightly longer ride along roads and gravel tracks, the ride although smooth was a little disconcerting as the brakes were still not bedded in properly and I was not going to mess around with them, part of my ride took me along a footpath where naturally I dismounted and pushed the bike so as not too break any rules, this made me realise that although the bike is lightweight its no carbon fibre beast.
the next time I rode the bike was downhill to my local shop to buy a few things, this is one of the reasons I bought the bike, rather than driving the 3 miles to the shop I would rather ride, I managed to ride all the way to the shop and all the way back to the bottom of the hill, as soon as the incline started however my legs just gave up no matter what gear I was in and like many many people before me I had to walk up the hill, I did feel disappointed by this but as its been a long time since I`ve ridden a bike and my general lack of fitness I still consider being able to ride into town and back again a very good start, I wont be giving up with this and hopefully will find the time to go further afield and have some more adventures.
over the next few weeks I am hoping to post a bit more regularly
