IN MY OPINION » Bike

Morning trip to watch the sunrise

Andrew — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:06:29 +0000

There are lots of bikers in Kiev, and most of them are communication through the local bike forum. Amongst of topics about bike equipment and maintenance techniques there are topics where bikers can arrange joint bike journey. The journey can be long or short, cross-country or in the local park. Somebody takes responsibility to set the route and timeline and invites other bikers to take part.
I found there a very interesting and unusual early morning journey and recently took part in it. The trip starts at 4.30AM every Thursday and takes about 24km with one stop near the river to watch the sunrise, then eat some snack and drink tea. The one-way route without way to home is here. The average speed was about 17 kmh which is quite hight for the cross-country.
I’d like to thank everybody who was patient to me as a newbie and didn’t steam ahead. Some photos from the trip are here.

First long ride

Administrator — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:22:19 +0000

I’ve done my first long ride today. It was 24.5km from right bank to the left and back. The route is here. Today was a thought working day, because I didn’t have any interesting things to do, only unimportant and irrelevant little annoying tasks. After all of that I had a nervous meeting with irritated people. I was looking frward to the evening ride to have a relief. And now I’m sure that riding a bike is a great antidepressant! Now I’m calm and optimistic

TREK 4400

Administrator — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:28:05 +0000

I’ve eventually bought my bike of the dream! I’d been choosing what to buy at least for a week. I couldn’t work properly, because all my thoughts were about the bike. I was talking to all my friends who had a bike and could advice anything on it. I skimmed through lots of Kiev’s bike on-line resources like the local club to become more advanced in all that particularities. And today, thanked to my class-mate, and close friend WhiteShadow I chose and bought this excellent toy with an extra discount. I had to ride from the shop to my home, and that trip was just excellent! I did 12km and 5 more kilometers with my wife around our district this evening. Many thanks WhiteShadow!