Beautiful.Mind.Life

With a RM1100, I can buy a Playstation3, or a pair of TEIN adjustable racing suspensions for my GT, or a custom-made carbon fiber engine hood (again, for my GT of course), or a Coach for my wife, or a lot of Baby GAP for my son, or two pairs (for me and my wife) of the arguably high performance Nike+ LunarGlide, or a lot of other things.

But I chose to buy a bike. A good one.

Decision made (after a long talk with a couple bike-freak friends), I went to the shop they recommended. Too many options though, and they all look awesome. After an hour, I finally reduced the number of options to two. A Scott Crasher and a Giant Innova. The Innova is lighter and a bit more expensive. But too girly though, or it would’ve been my first choice (and probably start to arrange the lines to explain why I choose a bloody two-grand bike).

“Basikal aa… lagi lingan aa… lagi mahal lo…” said Ah Hui, the friendly and warmhearted owner of the shop.

So I bought the Crasher. Complete with SR Suntour V2 front adjustable fork and Shimano Acera derailleurs, it’s actually a good buy.  Braking system? Winzip-CE disc brakes they are, which explains a significant weight difference from the Innova which uses the conventional V-brakes (the one you can find on most bikes, even for kids), makes the bike much lighter.

I started riding it on October 9 2009. Everyday till today. My butt hurts as hell, so I bought the 3/4 elastic-nylon-butt-padded cycling pants. Felt much better this morning for a half hour ride.

Total distance up to today is 49.68 km, accurately countered by the CatEye Velo 8. There’s even an average calorie burned counter (which I doubt the accuracy of it). Not too bad. Not too good either (my performance, I mean). Need to ride longer. Faster. Further.

PS: Next upgrade. Garmin EDGE 705.