i have been researching my options for purchasing a bike since mid-January. i was a little frustrated by the lack of a used bike market here... there is one nearby shop selling used bikes but the guy told me that the Swiss love to buy new things. not old things. there was another option i explored: www.ricardo.ch which is sort of the craigslist of switzerland, however items are sold by auction which makes it difficult to test ride a bike before purchasing. of course i thought about buying another bike, but the thought of having to move 2 bikes after this year (potentially from different countries) was overwhelming, as were the prices. (its switzerland!)
i put it on the back burner for a while.
i'm not exactly sure how much time my dad spent packing up the bike, but surely i owe him for doing such a great job packing it. on monday i received a giant box in the mail with this inside:
i was able to pick up a bit of grease from a local motorcycle shop. a few hours later, as some of you might have been following the progress on facebook, and saw the final result:
i realized i didn't have a water bottle, and with a ride scheduled for wednesday, i decided to take a little ride to a nearby bike shop i read about on english forum, (a great resource for all things Swiss) The Bike. it is true that the owner is not only an english speaker, but is from wisconsin as boldly displayed by his gb packers sweatshirt. hopefully soon i can join their thursday night ladies rides- need to get my biking legs back first!
the past two wednesdays i've been lucky to bike with a couple of the gals here, marieke and chantal, for some rides along lake geneva. hopefully we can be ready for some alps rides soon. (yikes! i realized i've never biked in mountains!)
until next time, here's a glimpse of the lovely lakeshore near morges. (we also biked past the medtronic facility just outside of morges)
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