My New Bike

Berry

Amazing!

Tree

So yesterday, I bought a new bike, even though it was a bit more than I had planned on spending (and was a mens' bike) but since it was on sale, is an 18 speed, and has a nifty bike rack on the back, I took it. It still needs better tires - the ones I have now spin out on tree roots (grr). The brakes work a little too good - if you pull on both bars, you'll get jerked to a stop (I almost got thrown off the bike, coming down a hill lol).

So with that in mind and after a short trip around the block yesterday, today I was ready to test the bike off-payment. I think I went may be 5 miles on this trail near my apartment - it's all dirt, really steep/narrow hills, and just awesomeness. I couldn't ride the whole way and mostly walked back, taking pictures - the trail was too steep in some places and going down hill scares the life out of me- especially since the trail is so narrow in some spots that if you sneeze and lose balance, you can really take a tumble into the creek, fall down a hill, or crash into a tree. I wasn't expecting as much green or the creek that I encountered! It was really, really fun. Well, except for that one time that I taped the brakes a little too hard, lost my balance on a steep incline, and fell over (ow - broke a stick with my hip!).

So, here's some random pics from the 100 or so I took. There's a pic of my bike, too

- Serenity