ONWARDS, MY NOBLE STEED!

[wolffyluna]

I have recently acquired an electric bike. I went back and forth on whether to get one (due to the expense, risk of getting stolen, etc) but I finally decided to. I am for various reasons deliberately not buying a car, and I live somewhere hilly enough that having a bit of help from a motor makes a bike more practical.

I have only had it for a few days and they have been... an exciting few days. I am developing a love-hate relationship for this heavy thing that goes NYOOM. But at the moment it is mostly love, just. If it was a boyfriend and not a bike, people should be worried, but it's an inanimate object, so it's probably fine. ("Yes, he hurts me, but he can change!!!")

But yesterday-- it was pouring rain, but I decided that shouldn't stop me from taking it for a spin. I also managed to have a literal fender bender* that day, which was the day after I bought the thing. I had to try and repair a bike while in the rain by getting instructions from a discord friend. Also, because I wear glasses, I could only sort of see where I was going. But I have RARELY FELT SO ALIVE. I LOVE MY BIKE.

But any way. I'm having fun, and I am appreciating being able to get places faster, and once I get more confidence, I can go even fasterer.

...if I end up as mincemeat on the road at some point, not that I died doing one of the things I loved.

/* My bike, me, and a bike rack got into a disagreement that ended up with me falling one way, the bike falling the other, and bending the wires that held the front fender in place. It was fixable, thankfully, by being the wires back.