July 27, 2008
My New Bike
written by Spencer Alexander on July 27, 2008 at 06:11PM in Traveling
I finally found myself a bike to use for transportation1! It has a few things I’d like to change about it, but it gets the job done. Not having a car, and not being super familiar with the bus system here in Mendoza, I was walking around the city a ton just to get from place to place. Now I have my trusty, rusty2, blue bicycle to get me around.Nicole and I were participating in a welcoming party for some of our roommate’s friends3, and I happened to stumble upon the bike by luck. I was talking to another one of my roommates who is leaving tomorrow, and I busted out the question “… you don’t happen to have a bike, do you?” Well, he did! And he sold it to me at a huge discount; I paid him just over U$S 22 for the bike.
I still need to find myself a road-bike, but this is a great start. By riding around my pretty blue bike instead of my road-bike, as it isn’t the flashiest thing in the world, I won’t have to worry as much about theft.
All in all, the welcoming party not only turned out to be a great way to welcome new friends and spend some time with the current ones, but also a good thrift shopping party. And just to add some frosting onto an already delicious cake, I also found myself two chess players4. Yey!
1 Not a bike to use for recreation… still looking for a good road bike. If you happen to know of any in the Mendoza, Argentina area, let me know!
2 Not really… it just rhymed well. The bike is quite rust free.
3 For those of you who don’t know about our new roommates, or our new house, check out the post about our brand spanking new house.
4 Although both of them are leaving within the next few days.
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