This is my new bike. Look! It has gears -- 21 of them! And brakes -- 2 of them! However, it doesn't have a mudguard or a stand. But it's purple -- so yay! I went out for a pootle around this evening, and realized that you can't get very far here without having to use a main road. Or cycle up a hill. Thank goodness for those 21 gears, although it's still exhausting. So far, the car drivers have been pretty good, giving me a wide berth, letting me pass, that kind of thing. But it's still scary and just generally more difficult. Not just because there aren't cycle paths, but because all the roads twist and turn. You hit far more blockages -- be they t-junctions, traffic lights, roundabouts, or hills -- than you do in the Netherlands, where it's all straight, flat, and fast. Still, it felt good to get out there.
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