So this summer, I have rediscovered my love of bike riding, and as I looked forward to moving back up to Virginia I started looking at buying a cheap used bike for the summer. I hunted on Craigslist every now and then trying to find something inexpensive that I could sell again or give away in August, but really there wasn't much to find.
Until Sunday. That's when I found a posting that had only been up for 7 minutes, and it was advertising 7 bikes for free. Someone just looking to clean out their basement was trying to get rid of 7 bikes of various sizes and conditions for free. I emailed them immediately explaining how excited I was to have finally found a bike I could use for the summer and asking them to hold onto one adult bike for me.
Too late. They'd already gotten rid of all 7. :\ But, they said, since I was only in the area for the summer, they had 2 more bikes they were planning on keeping. They were in great shape, and if I wanted to just borrow one for the summer and return it in August I was more than welcome to do that. AWESOME!
So I went over in the bug, flipped down the seats, covered it all in plastics sheets and just barely got the bike to fit completely inside the car. They were super nice and didn't ask a lot of questions other than how I was enjoying the area, etc. I can't wait to get some real use out of this bike this summer.
It's good to know there are still people in this world who are so trusting and generous.
Until Sunday. That's when I found a posting that had only been up for 7 minutes, and it was advertising 7 bikes for free. Someone just looking to clean out their basement was trying to get rid of 7 bikes of various sizes and conditions for free. I emailed them immediately explaining how excited I was to have finally found a bike I could use for the summer and asking them to hold onto one adult bike for me.
Too late. They'd already gotten rid of all 7. :\ But, they said, since I was only in the area for the summer, they had 2 more bikes they were planning on keeping. They were in great shape, and if I wanted to just borrow one for the summer and return it in August I was more than welcome to do that. AWESOME!
So I went over in the bug, flipped down the seats, covered it all in plastics sheets and just barely got the bike to fit completely inside the car. They were super nice and didn't ask a lot of questions other than how I was enjoying the area, etc. I can't wait to get some real use out of this bike this summer.
It's good to know there are still people in this world who are so trusting and generous.
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