DScottGRRL

RELIEF

It’s true. THEY were right. You never forget how to ride a bike.

Here are some things you do forget over the years:

1. turning
2. stopping
3. the shame of falling less than 5 minutes into your first ride in over 15 years

I have the scraped-up knee to prove it.

I was sooo afraid I would hop on that bike and just not be able to catch my balance and circulate those pedals. I figured that if there was one person in the world who could forget how to ride a bike, it would probably me.

But I turned the tables on THEM, now didn’t I?

SOON COME

I rode.

In a straight line, at least.

Curves, turns, stops, they will soon come.

I’ve never ridden a bike in the street before.

I mean a real street.

With cars.

And traffic lights.

And teeny-tiny little skinny-minnie bike lanes.

TINY when I tell you TINY!!!!

Nerve-wracking to say the least.

A LITTLE SKERFUFFLE

I’m terrified of riding into a car.

Actually, that’s what caused my first accident.

I was trying to correct my balance, overcompensated, and was headed straight for a car.

My knee gallantly took the fall and saved my new bike and the car from impending doom.

I’m a little shaky, but alright, thanks for asking.

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

My new bike is really pretty (can you say mint green pearlescent?) and cool and I’m a cooler person now that it’s mine.

And that’s all that matters and nothing else. Not even THEM.

C’est ça.

P.S. the boyfriend and I got our new rides at Chubby’s in Culver City. Highly recommend it!

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