That's N.I.C.E.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:40 pm
I haven't ridden a bike for eons, and I figured things would probably remain that way.I live,these days in a pleasant little town where most amenities can be accessed on foot,and every year the old Volvo charms it's way past the M.O.T. inspectors,ensuring the odd jaunt further afield remains a possibility.
But the N.I.C.E. (special prize for the best suggestion for this acronym) have changed all that. Within weeks, I stand to lose my driving licence,not for misusing alcohol,but something to do with my latest meds.(apparently reviewed year on year).
So on impulse,last week,I spent some money I didn't really have,(ironically a common symptom of that for which I need the meds) on a rather nice looking Dawes bicycle, off an old bloke of 84.
Well today I ventured out.Thank God no-one was around.I have to stand on a kerb,or I can't lift my leg over it!! Eventually,I wobbled off up the road.I'm hopeless,unbalanced,and a menace to other road users.
I know some of you mad Wiggins/ Pendletons out there will be smirking your heads off,but has anyone come back to this after a long lay off?
Does it get any easier?.....shall I just stick the sodding thing on Fleabay?
But the N.I.C.E. (special prize for the best suggestion for this acronym) have changed all that. Within weeks, I stand to lose my driving licence,not for misusing alcohol,but something to do with my latest meds.(apparently reviewed year on year).
So on impulse,last week,I spent some money I didn't really have,(ironically a common symptom of that for which I need the meds) on a rather nice looking Dawes bicycle, off an old bloke of 84.
Well today I ventured out.Thank God no-one was around.I have to stand on a kerb,or I can't lift my leg over it!! Eventually,I wobbled off up the road.I'm hopeless,unbalanced,and a menace to other road users.
I know some of you mad Wiggins/ Pendletons out there will be smirking your heads off,but has anyone come back to this after a long lay off?
Does it get any easier?.....shall I just stick the sodding thing on Fleabay?