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  Saturday, Aug 29, 2009 4:15PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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  My roommate was given a used mountain bike (Schwinn Ranger) from a friend a while back, it's too tall for her so I get to use it.    I didn't ride bikes for 15 years so I was really shaky and scared at first but now I ride several times a week for fun & exercise.  I ride at night because it's cool outside and there are a lot less cars.  I think I'm actually more visible to cars at night than in the daytime because I have like ten million lights on my bike.  Well, by ten million I mean 3, but one of them is on my front wheel so it looks like a pretty light show. (Not like monkeylectric though... which looks awesome.) 
  
  

  There was so much I didn't know about bikes before.  I had to look up rules of the road, watch youtube videos on how to remove wheels and change tires, and buy a helmet, lights, a lock, and other accessories.  I didn't even know how to use the gears until I tried to go uphill and almost died, so I started experimenting with the shifters.  
  
  
  I usually just ride on the wider streets of San Gabriel Valley, and go 10-15 miles.  Pretty soon I'll have some nice muscular thighs to match my calves, which have gotten bigger as a result of all the walking I did in Asia and ever since then.  But that's nothing compared to one of my coworkers - he's a pro cyclist as well as a hairstylist, and rides 40-90 miles a day!!