Well I got my license back about 4 months ago. After losing it for a long time for being very bad. And in that time I got me a very smart Haibike (see below) - as some of you will remember as I posted quite a bit about it at the time. Martin fixed me up (with one of those dongles too - darn it if I can't figure out how to turn the thing off). As he likes to do. Ridiculous price really - more than I have ever paid for a car let alone a 'bicycle' - but heck if you want something bad enough and you have the money.....
So anyway.
Although I have had my license back now 4 months - I am still using my Haibike more than any other form of transport. For a start I have not bought another car - around this part of S London cars are pretty silly really - as in the traffic is just mad - so I didn't bother with that - discovered how great the train system is in this country - but I did buy me a motorbike (ZXR400 for those in the know) - lovely little bike for sure. But still I tend to take the Haibike when I go places - because I just love how lawless one can be unlike on the motorbike where jumping red lights and going the wrong way down one-way streets etc gets you in lots more trouble than on the Haibike. Plus having a very cute dog in the basket on the front also tend to soften the policemans' attitude. But you see I always thought motorcycles were 'it' when it came to giving you that sense of freedom - now I realise that a decent electric bike is way WAY better for that. Who woulda thought?
Funny eh? People would say to me I bet you cant wait to get your license back - and I wondered. And then when I did get it back - well to be honest having had the most fantastic electric bike out there (for me) - I am not now surprised that 4 months in and its the electric bike I use the most.
Oh - and one other thing - being back on the motorbike (when I am) - I notice again the fellowship of other motorbike owners - we acknowledge eachother - nod our heads - say Hi at traffic lights. Which makes me wonder why cyclists - as a whole - are such a miserable bunch. And not just being on an electric bike which I know p***s some of them off - but cyclists don't say Hi or acknowledge eachother. Whats that all about?
So anyway.
Although I have had my license back now 4 months - I am still using my Haibike more than any other form of transport. For a start I have not bought another car - around this part of S London cars are pretty silly really - as in the traffic is just mad - so I didn't bother with that - discovered how great the train system is in this country - but I did buy me a motorbike (ZXR400 for those in the know) - lovely little bike for sure. But still I tend to take the Haibike when I go places - because I just love how lawless one can be unlike on the motorbike where jumping red lights and going the wrong way down one-way streets etc gets you in lots more trouble than on the Haibike. Plus having a very cute dog in the basket on the front also tend to soften the policemans' attitude. But you see I always thought motorcycles were 'it' when it came to giving you that sense of freedom - now I realise that a decent electric bike is way WAY better for that. Who woulda thought?
Funny eh? People would say to me I bet you cant wait to get your license back - and I wondered. And then when I did get it back - well to be honest having had the most fantastic electric bike out there (for me) - I am not now surprised that 4 months in and its the electric bike I use the most.
Oh - and one other thing - being back on the motorbike (when I am) - I notice again the fellowship of other motorbike owners - we acknowledge eachother - nod our heads - say Hi at traffic lights. Which makes me wonder why cyclists - as a whole - are such a miserable bunch. And not just being on an electric bike which I know p***s some of them off - but cyclists don't say Hi or acknowledge eachother. Whats that all about?