Sara_H
Guru
Last summer I got a Speialized Myka, more money than I'd ever spent on a bike, originally planned to keep my Dawes Sonoran and use Myka just for moutain biking.
However, plan changed and I decided to use Myka as my main bike and advertised Dawes for sale. As I maily used bike for work where we have secure lock up I was happy with this.
Then just before christmas someone crashed into me, my car has been written off and I don't intend to replace it at the moment. This means means I'll be making some journey by bike that I would have done by car previously, and leaving my bike fastened up in unsecure public places more often.
Today I've pumped up the Dawes tyres, put an old pannier bag on, put a basket on it and pottered off on a couple of errands .
It felt good to be using the bike this way again and I felt more comfortable leaving the Dawes locked up in the city centre than I would have the Myka.
However, plan changed and I decided to use Myka as my main bike and advertised Dawes for sale. As I maily used bike for work where we have secure lock up I was happy with this.
Then just before christmas someone crashed into me, my car has been written off and I don't intend to replace it at the moment. This means means I'll be making some journey by bike that I would have done by car previously, and leaving my bike fastened up in unsecure public places more often.
Today I've pumped up the Dawes tyres, put an old pannier bag on, put a basket on it and pottered off on a couple of errands .
It felt good to be using the bike this way again and I felt more comfortable leaving the Dawes locked up in the city centre than I would have the Myka.