'I want to ride my bicycle.... I want to ride my biiike'

March 8th, 2015 - First Bike Ride!

O - M - G

I absolutely am in LOVE with my new bicycle! It has been years since I have had a 'new' bike. I have been holding out on posting this mainly because the same day we bought this bike, it was later that same day, my husband's bike was stolen. :(

That morning we planned out our day, and we decided we should go around bike shopping. We started locally to see what the shops had, but there wasn't that huge of a selection. We pressed onward to the capital of Idaho to see some friends and continue our bike shopping. My husband really wanted to stop by his friend's tattoo shop to see how he was doing. His friend let us know NOT to buy from Wally-World due to the crappy materials they use to build the bicycle. In my head, I was thinking... well shit, because I had planned on buying a particular one I had my eye on for only $150. I suppose his friend was right though... why in the hell is a bike selling for $150?? Because it is made with shitty material and it just won't last.

We took his friend's advice and hit up a couple of local shops there in town which had WAY more selection. We stopped by the first recommended shop, looked around for a little while at the mountain bikes that my husband was Oogling over. We then made our way over to the side of the shop which had the 'Cruiser' style bicycles. In my head, the song... 'I'm in Heaven...' popped in. There were SO many cute bikes, but they were also very much expensive ones too. I noticed they had a style called Townie.. and the super cute colors they had. The one that caught my eye though was the Peach Color bike with Turquoise wheels that another gal was holding, and wanting to take for a test ride. She barely had walked up to that one as I had walked into that section. I listened closely to see if maybe when the gal got back that she would decide she wouldn't want that bicycle after-all so that way I could ride it, and make my purchase. But no.. She fell in love just as I did... and bought the bike. My heart sank, I REALLY loved the look of that bike. I told my husband that we should try the next store.

We left, got to the next shop, and went straight to the 'Townie's' section. O - M - G, the EXACT SAME BIKE WAS THERE!!! Same color, same wheels, same cuteness! All I wanted to do was just take the bike up to the register and check out, but I knew that wouldn't be smart, especially if I didn't try the other bikes too. We tried the other bikes, but the peach beauty was always in the corner of my eye. I was freaked out that another gal might come in and snatch it right up. After test riding it, it was a dream. My husband kept suggesting, well maybe you should get a mountain bike, that way we can take it anywhere? But my heart was set on this 7-speed... there was no changing my mind. Squealing all the way home after the purchase, we were both SO excited to ride bikes together when we got home that day.

We made it home, but something was... off. Ryan's bike was not attached to the railing near our front steps... just the bike lock was left. Ryan went into shock and then a slow rage... (as anyone would)... Ryan's bike was stolen while we were shopping. :( I felt completely horrible. Here I was with a new bike, and his bike that he had worked extremely hard on, is now obsolete.

We called the police, made a police report, and glumly went back upstairs to our apartment. We both hoped that whoever stole it got into a wreck due to the fact it was a fixed gear, Peugeot road bike with no brakes. :) We also hope that they get sick of it and dump it somewhere for the police to find. All we can do is wait.. We have posted on social media as well as craigslist that it had been stolen. My poor baby. Someday we can go on a bike ride together, we hope it is sooner rather than later.