Day 04 - A picture of your night.

Okay I am back... I am not sure what in the world I was thinking starting a 30 day challenge when I was going into tour. Crazy.

Now there is a lot going on, so wish me luck to keep this up! As always, I can't wait for April to come and GO, it's never my month and already feeling the burden of it, oye.

But, now to it, a picture of my night (last night). I finally did it, I have been talking about wanting a bike since I moved into San Francisco from East Bay and now that I don't have the burden of my car, it seemed like the next step. I have been looking casually but Friday night Paul gave me the extra push. I went searching online big time and we were going to go out bike shopping on Saturday. Well Friday night I opened up a posting on Craigslist and feel in love. I mean I have been looking for almost a year (on and off) for a bike online, but never have I stopped and drooled like I did over this bike. It was perfect. I emailed the guy and he emailed the next day saying he would be happy to show it to me.

Now I will admit it was slightly more than I wanted to spend but I did some research on this bike, it is an '87 vintage Trek (amazing) and on ebay it was selling for $1500-1900! Believe me I spent FAR LESS than that! The guy who built it actually built Paul's bike too (we had no idea it was the same person until we got there). Paul has had his bike for 2 years and loves it so it was a good sign.

The bike builder custom adjusted it to me so it fits me like a glove. He watched me ride it and then would make adjustments to the sit, the handlebars the distance from the seat to the handle bars etc. The last adjustment was perfect and as soon as I took it for another stroll, I was in heaven.

As I type this now, the bike builder just texted me and told me to let him know if I need anything and he thinks I am going to love this bike (which I do).

Paul and I went for a bike ride last night after I got the bike (until it started raining) and my bike ride to work this morning took about 5 min- amazing!

So here she is, my new pride and joy! (the pictures were taken on my phone at work, so not great, but the bike is a BEAUTIFUL blue color!)