On Saddle Again !!

Hi All,

It s been a long, very long time since i rode my bike (read bicycle). Back 15 years, i used to take rounds of my city on BSA Mach(Without gears). Going to school and then college and evening classes. Must not be less than 15 Km everyday. I never felt tired of riding my cycle and in fact i was in love with my Mac. I moved to Mumbai and whole thing changed, large city, long distances, good public transport and i stopped riding my cycle and used my Motorbike and public transport most of the time.

Now, after 15 years of gap, I have bought a cycle - Bike. The reason for me to buy my Bike were: one is to keep myself fit, as I am 87 kg now, which is inching towards quintol now and second is that I just love to ride the cycle. I bought a Hero Sport- MTB with 18 gears.
The purchase was smooth. I stay near to Mumbai at Thane. Popular cycles is one of the oldest cycle shops in Thane. He showed me some some geared cycles from Ranger to thunder to Totem ones. I likes Hero Sport and asked him to fix. No negotiation !!(Being a marketing guy, I dont like it) It is a fixed price shop. The bike was ready in 15 min. I started my ride after 15 years on the saddle back to home. The start was easy, I enjoyed every bot of it. Suddenly the traffic was dense, and I was looking at my rear mirror. Hahahaha. It was not there. Then, I wanted to blow my horn and things like that. I was getting used to my bike. Reahed till Manpada 6 km from Popular shop, was getting tired now. The road to my home has steep slopes up and down, making it more diffcult for me to ride. Finally, i reached. Aha. Showed my new sporty bike to Shreya(my 3 yr old baby) and pat came the reply... I also have similar one. We all laughed !!

Next day morning, I rode my Bike for around 4 km in the morning to Hiranandani Gardens. I am enjoying it. At Ghodbunder road, during rains, the place is like a hill station, mountains and cloud covers, greens and flowers, and super weather. Loving it all !! And of course I have lost 20 kgs and 5 inches in three days. hahahahahha. Actually, now i don't care as I am on the saddle again!!

Just looking forward to longer rides in a months time - Hopefully.

Biking is a way of "Being happy- Always"
Amit