no cars go
I sold my car recently and my two bikes (road, fixed gear) over the last few weeks.
Selling my car is a bit strange, but I haven’t actually used it much for most of the time I’ve had it. Not having a bike, though, is weird. Since I left for college[1] there hasn’t been a period for more than about two weeks that I haven’t had a bike. First thing I did when I moved to California was buy a bike (a funny old Lemans Centurion road bike-> commuter conversion). I’ve had two or three bikes for much of the time I’ve lived here. Even when I went to Germany and Taiwan, I bought bikes pretty quickly. But here I am without a bike and without plans to buy one soon[2]. It’s strange indeed.
[1] and before college I owned a bike, too, but I never rode it.
[2] this has to do with a number of factors, nagging knee injury among them.
(But if you do want to see someone getting a bike, check out Scott’s drool-worthy new frame.)