Riding a bike

So I got my bicycle from the shop and used it to return home! That first trip was definitely an experience. I had never rode a bicycle on the road alongside other moving vehicles. When I was a child I had a rather big patio, and even though I went through the streets a few times, there were not a lot of cars—I didn’t live in a busy place. Going from there to riding in the middle of downtown traffic afte almost ten years was definitely a change of pace. Not to worry though. I live in a pretty small city, which is alos quite used to motorcycles and bikes as part of traffic. The one who wasn’t used to such things was me of course, so when I tried to get ahead of a car by going on the sidewalk and realized there was no ramp ahead to return to the street, I ended up braking rather carelessly, the momentum carried me forward and well, that hurt. Alas, the traffic was slow so there was no real danger, I got back on track and pedaled away. The rest of the trip was painless! although my saddle…