Lets start at the very beginning. I never liked riding a cycle because of an incident which involved a fence, front brakes of the bike and the bicycle on top of me. My mom coaxed me, cajoled me, threatened to throw me out of the house, all to make me learn to ride it but to no avail. Then one day, my big bro came along and told me that it is compulsory to ride a cycle in IIT. Naive and gullible that I was, I fell for it, as IIT was where I wanted to be. Soon I got a brand new bicycle and had got the hang of it. The wind blowing through my hair, I felt reckless and independent.
Anyhoo,I know I have not yet written anything suggested by the blog title, but I am coming to it. So back to my story. My bicycle learnings were not much useful in IIT as I preferred walking to cycling. But as Steve Jobs says, nothing you learn ever goes to waste. So is the same with the bicycle.
My bicycle expertise is now proving to be very useful. My job involves field inspections and I have to travel a lot in 1100 acres of land. Motor vehicles are not allowed, because there should not be any kind of spark in a petrochemical plant. So a bicycle is the only mode of transportation. Fair enough.
Alas, there is always a glitch. The cycles which are available are Hero Men's cycles, complete with a bar and everything. And for a short person it appears to be even bigger. Trying to mount the cycle requires a lot of ingenuity. This is how I do it-
1. Take the cycle to a secluded spot.
2. Tilt the cycle to 60 degrees to the vertical.
3. Now swing the leg across the bar.
4. Make sure noone sees you doing this.
5. Start riding the cycle and pray that nothing comes in front of your cycle suddenly.
6. While dismounting, follow the steps 1 to 3 again.
I have dropped the cycle a few times, but no damage done. I am making use of atleast some of my learnings.
And now I can proudly say, " Give me any bicycle and I will show you how to ride it" :)
12 comments:
Welcome again to blogging.
Nice short write up.
could have coupled it with a pic of a naked girl with bicycle.
would have garnered you much more hits albeit through people who search 'nude+girls+bicycle' on google images. :D
and please allow anonymous comments. That way I'll have way more fum commenting. :P
Welcome, welcome back!
Now about the no sparks policy- how come you are allowed inside the plant then? And the image of you trying to mount a Hero Mens will help posterity get through tough times.
Jokes apart, please do post again.
You have no clue- I was going through all your old posts last night and lo! You've posted!
Nice to see the characteristic you back, and, shameless as I am, I must admit the first time I got a cycle with a bar, it being almost as tall as me, I was reduced to the same steps :)
Finally... I had been so eagerly waiting for this post! Never realized that you haven't posted since almost an year!!
Welcome miss... welcome back!
this remind me of my cycling abilities, and how u made practice
this reminds me bhawan authorities confiscated my cycle .... and since i dun even recognize it... its gone for free.
cant they buy toddlers bikes for u ??
they got so much money
so dhoni riding a bicycle now.... gud hai yaar.... atleast u hav a nice exercise in the afternoon.... :P
Gud one yaar. I request soumya to spy upon you, so that people can have a video footage of your cycle riding stuff ;)
ha ha ha ah ha..
just the vision of you getting onto hero cycle had me rofl!!!
but really cant they buy u a 'horizontal-bar-less-cycle'
:)
Ever hit the tarmac at merry speeds in a crash? There are sparks enough to light up a spectator's day. Or send him/her into fits of sympathy, depending on personal dispositions.
Oh, and cycling is sorely missed in cities. Honestly.
And Banja, brilliant!
I see that a lot of people have been up to no good whatsoever and have kept up with a blog that hasn't updated in a year, not unlike me. :D
Your blog is absolutely simple
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