Presenting.. my very own bike! It now has a cool basket installed in front as well! I’m using my laptop lock to lock my bike for now; I wonder how much of a theft deterrent it really is.. I’ll get a proper lock soon!
Today’s the first day I cycled to and fro the hospital! When I told some friends, they thought I had purposefully chosen the hospital as my destination so it would be easier to seek medical help if I were to get into an accident. Seems like no one has any faith in my cycling abilities! (Actually, me too.) The truth is, my lectures are all based at the JR hospital in Headington – which is quite a distance away from my college accommodation in the city centre. I’ve been taking the bus there for the past couple of days, but I guess I’ve found a better means of transportation there now! The bus tickets are just too expensive.
I’ve actually bought my bike a couple of days ago from a random guy on the internet. He sold it to me for 40 pounds, which I find is a really good price for a second hand mountain bike, and it does ride very well! Nonetheless, owing to the numerous phobic and disastrous experiences I’ve had on this two-wheeled piece of metal, I didn’t have the courage to venture out on the roads immediately after I got the bike. Today my friend offered to cycle with me so I felt so much more safe and secure! Thankfully, nothing major happened! After I got used to cycling alongside cars and buses and gigantic trucks, it got really fun too! And it was somewhat endearing to be cycling along those tracks with many other cyclists. There is just this killer upslope that we have to go past on our way to the hospital, and it is so tiring to go up that.. But there is always the upside that the journey back home is completely effortless and thrilling! Maybe even euphoric. It feels so good to just look forward and ride on the cool autumn wind; whizz past all sights and sounds, without having to move any part of your body at all.
Here’s my super cool one-of-a-kind bike lock.For some unknown reason, I’ve always been excited by the prospect of cycling to school. Now that I can finally do it here (and hopefully keep myself safe at the same time), it’s like my dream has come true in Harry Potter land and I just feel so happy!
