Deciding to buy a bike
I’m really not sure what the exact trigger was for me in deciding to buy a bike. I’ve not owned or ridden a bike in 20 years so nobody could really describe me as a cycling fan. I can’t even remember the exact point I decided “I’m going to buy a bike”. It’s likely a combination of the following events and factors:
The Tour de France Grand Depart in London. I don’t remember the day itself making me want to buy a bike, but it did give me the impetus to start watching the Tour again on TV (I used to watch it back in my University days).
Following the Tour on TV Watching “le Grand Depart” in London gave me and my girlfriend the hook to follow the tour on TV. Watching the highlights each evening probably did give me the fledgling idea of buying a bike. Not that I had an urge to compete in the toughest annual sporting event in the World or anything like that.
London Freewheel Finding out about the London Freewheel was probably the match that lit the touchpaper that had been soaked in the oil from the seeds sewn by watching the Tour on TV. I have a vague feeling it was this that made me decide to buy a bike. I know I signed up for it before buying the bike - which shows I intented to buy a bike at that point.
So. I’d decided to buy a bike. Now to choose and buy one. Hey, how hard could that be?
