Just learned how to ride a bike…
Yup, I “got back on the horse” as they say. Except in this case, the horse is a bike. Confused? I am!
After 19 years of eschewing biking in favor of walking and driving, I went to work on a Sunday to try my hand at riding a bike. When I was seven, I was riding my bike in the backyard when I fell into the swimming pool. Despite being in many situations where biking would be advantageous - schooling in Davis, walking between Google buildings, living in San Francisco - the horror of that incident prevented me from ever riding again. Until now!
Actually, everything after the pool incident is not true. I just never felt like riding a bike again, and after a certain age it was just embarrassing to say I didn’t know how to ride a bike anymore. But after a minute and half on a Google beach cruiser on Sunday, I was back at it like a pro. A wobbly, uncertain pro.
I want to get to the point where I can bike to work, between buildings, for “leisure”, and other such green activities. But riding around in an empty parking lot is still a bit away from dodging traffic, crossing intersections, and carrying a MacBook Pro on my bike. Soon, I shall get there.
But not everyone has been so supportive.
Roshan: no one can really focus on congratulating me on my accomplishment of riding a bike this weekend. they seem to only be focused on the fact that i didnt know how to ride a bike until now
Naj:HAHAHA
well i mean
it’s worse than yune not knowing how to swimRoshan: its not worse!
take it back!Naj: i have to be true to myself
it’s definitely worse
it’s not like yune could swim from building ot building
or swim to work from home
August 5th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Congratulations on this monumental leap. BTW to anyone out there who may have secret footage and is contemplating putting it on YouTube, i’d pay big money to see it so holla!