Pulling the head back from the monitor, wiping off the drool on the table, swiveling on this creaky old office chair and gazing outside those dingy curtains shot a new thought into me. Why do you dream from the midway? Why cant a dream have a normal start, like in the real world? (Yeah, I agree. It was Mr. Dicaprio who asked that question first time in the history of mankind, somewhere in the movie "Inception"). Well, I was climbing a happily steep mountain road in my Cannondale Quick with all my gears and stuffs. Don't ask me the location yet. But it was gorgeous. Should be some bikers' paradise somewhere in...ah crap! That's the good or bad thing about a dream, right? It either ends before you want it to or it never ends even if you desperately want it to.
Back to reality. I am not a cyclist. At least I am not one right now. I am just chasing another dream.
For the past couple of weeks, I've been looking up some cycles (bike in India mostly means "Bajaj Pulsar" kind of affair). For a cyclist in real life, you need a cycle to start with. No, I don't have a Cannondale. See, I told you I was dreaming earlier and if I remember correctly, I started dreaming while watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRFNKhNhhJQ
If I could starve myself for a month and abstain from all that is called a 'social life' for about the same period of time, I might be able to procure some 25, 000 Rupees. Being a dynamic (meaning too uncertain in my own decisions), and fitness conscious person, commuting to work is prioritized. But I have to satisfy my adventurous split personality too. World wide web says that I need a Hybrid 'bike'. I feel the same too.
So the hunt has officially begun...Its gonna be a month full of www.bikezone.com and www.parktool.com and www.jimlangley.net scavenging. Not to mention all the cowdungs google is gonna throw up on my screen. Well, I have to admit that 99% of times it is a life saver. Of course I am going to check out links that are posted in the comments as well. But I can't really expect any comments on a noob blog, can I?
So this is what the first post boils down to:
I am an amateur, absolute newcomer to the cycling world, interested in daily commuting and occasional off-road trips and I am looking for a nice entry-level hybrid bike, that will not burn a hole in my pocket which is holding a stash of 25,000 Indian Rupees.
Hail Comte de Sivrac!!
