Impulse Purchase August 14, 2009
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A quick trip into R&R Sport this evening to browse their winter clothing sale led to an unplanned purchase of a new bike!
Molly checks out my new toy!
It’s a 2009 Giant Method 1 in Raw/Pink. Naturally, the pink was a big selling point! 
Why a BMX? Well, there’s a BMX track just down the road from our place (less than a km away I think), and I’ve sometimes thought that playing on the BMX would be good for my bike handling skills, and racing BMX would also be a great workout from a short, high-intensity, sprint perspective. When I first met Scotty (and before I got into mountainbiking) in 2002, he only had a BMX. I often borrowed it to get around town and to and from work. Unfortunately, he sold it (to buy groceries or something silly like that) and I went back to walking everywhere, until I got my first mountainbike in 2003.. and the rest, I suppose, is history.
So, I’m looking forward to heading out this weekend and getting acquainted with my new toy. The local BMX track is under reconstruction at the moment, but there are a few sections which are still rideable. I might have to pull out the knee-shin guards again though! I haven’t ridden with flat pedals in years!
Final random thing to mention before I sign off on this blog post: Apparently, there’s live shellfish in the creek at Bethunes Gully. Yup.. you heard right – cray in the creek! Guess you do learn a new thing every day!
(No cray were hurt in the making of this photo)
You got to be kidding! Nothing says early mid-life crisis more than adding a BMX to the bike quiver.
That said, I bought a skateboard off 1-Day sale recently. I’m too scared to drop in on the mini ramps, but can still land a kick-flip ftw.
Say hi to BIG Dawg for me mate.
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