Buying the bike
So, having decided to buy a mountain bike I then set about trying to get my hands on one.
We knew of a bike shop nearby so popped in there the following Saturday for a chat.
The chap there asked us what sort of things we wanted to do with the bikes and quickly whittled it down to a mountain bike. (hmmm, why hadn’t I just come in to the shop a month ago!).
He recommended a Cannondale F5 Disc for me - a pretty sweet bike - it even had disc brakes (well, I was impressed). For the missus he suggested a red Cannondale F6 - which she was pretty happy with.
The only problem for me was that I really didn’t like the blue and white colour scheme of the F5 - it also came in a very cool looking matte black but that wasn’t going to be available for 2 months and I really didn’t want to wait.
I asked to see some other bikes and he suggested an orange Kona Cinder Cone. What can I say, I like orange so I was sold.
I took it for a spin around the block - it was my first time on a bike in twenty years - but I needn’t have worried, it was like one of those things that you never forget how to do (I’m sure there must be a phrase for that!). So, I was happy, the size was right, the colour was right and the bike had two wheels that went round and stuff.
