It is purple and beautiful and sooooooooo comfortable.
LOOK HOW PRETTY!!!
I was a little bummed out in my initial searching, because it seemed like the only bikes that were cute were also useless unless you live directly on Key West. They don't have gears, they're heavy as hell and while there's plenty of room for a basket to carry your organic, locally grown produce home from the Farmers' Market, there's no way in hell you're getting up a hill without dismounting and walking the f*cker. My friends and I decided that maybe that's why hipsters are so skinny---they're riding their damned heavy Cruisers all over creation because they can't bring themselves to buy a car.
So while I'd found a hybrid that was plenty pretty (in a silver, MacBook kind of way) and felt good to ride, I was super-psyched when I first laid eyes on the gorgeous piece of aluminum you see up there. It'll take me on roads, dirt trails and gravel trails, and while it won't be good for deep-woods Off-roading, I don't intend to do any of that because yuck. If I'm deep in the woods, I better be sitting on my ass in front of a roaring fire with a beer in my hand and some steak in my belly.
I hemmed and hawed over the purple one vs. the silver one, but really I'm in love with the purple one. I will go to rescue it from the suspiciously laid-back salesgirl either Friday or Saturday, and I will then proceed to burn up the road around my house. At least, the surrounding block or two, at first, until I get used to it. It's quite hilly around here.
Oh! And I've lost 4.5 pounds since Monday a week ago. I honestly couldn't tell you how except that maybe breakups are slimming?
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