Shiny New Bikes

A couple weeks ago, Cody surprised me with a brand new bicycle. When I pulled in the driveway coming home from work, we both had shiny new bikes sitting there, just waiting on us to ride them. I was so excited! We had been talking about getting bikes for a few years, but we didn't have a place to store them. Once Cody got his storage building, we knew we had that problem solved, but bikes aren't cheap so it was something that was just going to have to wait. Cody received a check in the mail from the award he won at graduation, and he was willing to share it with me by buying us both new bikes. How sweet!

We hurried up and ate dinner, took Hershey for a walk, and got ready to ride our bikes through the neighborhood. Uh oh...my bike was too tall. "No problem," Cody said. "We'll just lower the seat." Uh oh...the seat was already down as far as it could go. Apparently, I am too short to ride a full-size 26" adult bike. When I sat on the bike seat, my feet couldn't touch the ground, by about six inches. You know, I have lived with being short my whole life and usually it's not that big of a deal to me. I have to get most of my pants hemmed due to them being about a foot too long, and I have to have Cody get things out of the cabinets on the upper shelves; I expect all that and I am used to it. But I didn't expect not to be able to ride the bike. It was so sad, because I was so excited about having a bike and going riding.

Well, we returned that bike to Wal-Mart, and went out in search of a 24" bike. It seems that this size of bike is rare, but it is even more rare when you are looking for something that doesn't look kid-ish. We had no luck in finding a bike that I would be happy to ride in any of the stores we looked at, but we did find one online at www.walmart.com. It was a great deal--you got free shipping and a $20 gift card. Plus, it's a pretty purple color! It only took about a week for my bike to arrive. Cody put it together for me as soon as it came so we could ride that night when I got home from work. Luckily, this bike fit perfectly. (But I couldn't be any shorter...the bike seat is down as far as it will go on this one!)

Most nights after dinner and Hershey's walk, we'll go riding through the neighborhood. It is a great way to relax and get exercise after a long day.

Cody's Bike


My Bike