Cycling

I never knew how are all bikes different. Being at the newbie stage, it's cool to find out new things, getting to know about the blue big bike. Before I think of cycling, it has been there for so many years, and it's only been used for maybe ten times a year.

You can imagine the rusty, dusty and old look. Poor thing. That's why I spent so much effort to clean it up. I don't have a car rn. But I guess when I do, I'm gonna take care of it like how I take care of the bike. Wood I finally understand you a little now, bout why did you always only look out for managing car stuff when we were out. Must be thinking, you wanna make it always new and pretty. Hmm do you polish the car the same way you polish a bike? I needa learn that shit.

So today I discovered how to change gear. Lol. Last week, one of the rides were cancelled because I accidentally changed gear without cycling and I didn't know what I did! So just now dad told me what to do if you wanna change gear.

I still spent some time getting on and off the bike. It's so big. The falls I imagine are sooooo bloody and nasty. Ugh. I don't wanna fall. I think at the end of the year, I'm gonna have more of these scars.... getting on and off the bike is haaard when the bike is huge. But it's necessary to make the saddle that high, because biking proffs said knee slightly bent when down stroke. So yep, when you're standing, your butt will definitely not be able to be on the saddle. So what you gotta do is you put one foot on the pedal, slightly prepare the butt for seating, then paddle and move butt! When there is enough momentum, you don't have to worry bout balancing. But still if you want me to do that on the road with full of cars, I can't, yet.
How do you change gears? There are places I hang the house keys. From google they call it gear shifter/lever. My family said you can't change gear when you're not on the bike. So okay, I used the big space at the end of the housing area, where used to be our spot before he put me back home. It's a dead end, so I don't have to worry bout cars wanting to kill me.

Okay from watches and clocks, gears have teeth, and the trough part of a bigger one connects to the teeth of the smaller one. But for a bike, we have a nice strong chain and many gears stacking together. So if you needa change gear, you gotta move the chain to the next. I didn't know this is possible. From what i imagined, it'll turn loose or misalign, then we fall. But nah I think too much. When I switched a gear, I'll hear chains crashing sounds. That's when the chain shifts. So after you paddle abit, you'll help getting the chain to connect with the gears perfectly. It's so cool!

I'm gonna investigate more. Maybe next time I'll cycle using the small gears, so I can paddle more but the speed will not get too fast. Maybe cycling can be in my list too then, it's a cardio activity anyway. :3