#93. Get a bike

It’s been a busy few weeks with my list for some reason (not that I’m complaining one little bit – I <3 seeing things getting crossed off) and thanks to the power of Twitter I now have another to add to the pile of successes! A bunch of my followers seem to be cyclist commuters and are always making me feel guilty/jealous of their morning accomplishments. One morning after reading some such smug tweets (only joking they’re not smug about it at all {well maybe a little }) I noticed that my current bus pass runs out on the 11th June so I decided that this would be my target date for being a regular cycling commuter. This gave me plenty of time to save for a bike and buy all the bits and pieces that go with it as well as get settled in my new place.

I then got a tweet from the very generous @Todd_Philips (go follow him, he’s awesome!) offering to hook me up with one for my favourite price of… FREE! So this weekend after (mostly) having recovered from the plague I popped over to check it out and now have a bicycle to call my very own that has even been oiled, adjusted to the right height and had the tyres pumped up for me. Love having such awesome people in my life

Of course I STILL have a to buy list as long as my arm: lights, lock, helmet, reflective clothing, etc. etc but the main expense has been spared and means I can start to get some practice in before making it part of my day to day adventures – cannot wait!