first ride of the season

my naked bike

Last Tuesday Shannon and I had a date to get back on our bikes to gear up for our small bike-a-thon in September (but mostly, it was because she was eager to try out her new bike). The wheels from our bikes had been taken off - hers from transporting her bike home and mine from being too lazy to reassemble it after cleaning it last year. I must have forgotten how difficult it was to put the back wheel back on because we spent more time trying to put the bikes back together than the actual bike riding itself! I had to call in reinforcements (a.k.a Nathan) to save us from completely destroying our bikes and my hands. He also brought over some watermelon for us to snack on. He's that kind of guy :)

point&shoots make Yoshi grainy

 transporting our bikes to where the tools are

oh bike, why can't you behave...

After some brake and chain issues, Shannon and I were finally off to ride around the neighbourhood...without our helmets! We are such rebels... It was a stressful evening, but I'm glad that we got the first ride out of the way.

j'♥ les endorphines

Time to build some bum tolerance to uncomfortable seats! My next bike is definitely going to be a comfort bike for the sake of mon derrière.

Happy biking to all this weekend!