This is part one of a three-part series.
Darned this whole bicycling hobby… I never expected to become this obsessed over it. But after reading this three-part series, you’ll realize that I’ve become pretty passionate about riding… and why I purchased a new bike recently.
I’ve ridden a bike since I can remember. I started on a tricycle like any other two-year old. When I was a about four-years old, I rode a used yellow steel-frame two-wheeler with solid tires and training wheels (the training wheels eventually came off). At seven, I got a cruiser with the hi-rise (or “ape-hanger”) handlebars and a banana seat (those seats were apparently cool in those days). I think it was a knock-off of the Schwinn Sting-Ray. At 12, I finally got a “grown-up” bike: a Kent 10-speed road bike. I rode it until I was about 18 (or, should I say, outgrew it?).