December 9th, 2009 | Filed under: Bicycles | RSS Feed
At long last I’ve finally done it, I got off my ass and bought a bike (as in bicycle) to use as my daily around town transportation! I’ve long ridden a motorcycle each day and that’s been great but it seems such a waste to fire it up only to ride about three miles each way to work and back. The solution was clear, it was time to get a bicycle, and I ended up going with the Nail Trail 29er. I settled on that bike after doing a bit of shopping/asking around at a few bike shops then bought the bike at a Marin outlet shop that recently opened up at 7th & Folsom. The nice thing about that shop in particular is that they have great prices and then gave me an extra discount on top of that, so while I spent more than I was anticipating I feel like I got a great deal on a great bike.
Unfortunately the bike sat at work for just over a week as I’ve had a foot injury as of late but that’s done and so today I made my first ride home from work aboard my (still) new Marin Nail Trail 29er. It was a nice way to end the day, but it also showed me how out of shape I am so it’s an extra good thing I’m doing this I suppose. And of course I’ve got a helmet, front/rear lights and some gloves to keep my hands warm, but I’d still like a new laptop bag and some sort of high-viz jacket to wear as it’s a bit dicey riding across San Francisco in the dark and in commute traffic.
Ah well, it was a fun ride home and once I get some legs I want to go hit some trails too. Ride on!
