riding a bike...

Mike and Julie

ha... i so have to write about this picture...

this picture has mike and julie who assembled my first road bike...

well, this picture has soooooooo much meaning to me...

2 years ago i did not know how to ride a bike! yes, i know... i was deprived as a child...

well, i had signed up for the honolulu triathlon with team in training... to do a triathlon, its sorta beneficial to know how to swim (which i learned the year prior) and also how to ride a bike...

i remembered going to the first meeting and the whole team was there, the fast group just left and basically rode their bikes around hawaii kai...

since i was a beginner, there were about 5 of us in the boat parking lot in hawaii kai and yes, i was the only one who didn’t know how to ride a bike... i had my walmart bike which i tried to learn on before, without much success...

needless to say, i was pretty embarrassed, i rode around the parking lot, well fell a lot, and mike is a complete genius... i had one on one time with him... and he just told me one thing... “look where you are going”... next thing you know, i’m going in the direction where i am looking, which is not down... lol where i normally look.

to this day, i still remember the bike, mike, the people in the parking lot, doug, nancy, cheering me on, when i finally got the hang of it....

in a span of 3 months, i moved from a walmart mountain bike, to a hybrid bike, to a road bike.

i love riding my bike and yes, i owe many thanks to mike...

don’t say its ever too late to learn... you can do it!

when was the last time you rode your bike? go out there and have fun!!

thxxxxxx mike... you rock!! 

Mahalo for reading. 

Until next time.