Settling in

[the_luna_nymph]

I've got a few minutes to actually sit down at a computer, so I thought I'd make an update

Comments

[ribbin]

Yay bikes! Glad to hear you're settling in happily.

[the_luna_nymph]

I am! And yes, yay bikes! This is really the first time outside of Burning Man that I've used it for any length of time. I'm really enjoying myself :)

[ribbin]

Bikes are awesome! They also do awesome things to your butt.

I mean, as in they tone it. Not like they vibrate or something. Unless you ride across those funny little yellow textured mat things they have at some intersections, but that's usually more startling than awesome.

[the_luna_nymph]

*giggle*

Cobblestones create a similar effect. Some of the streets on campus have cobblestones. I agree about the startling.

Right now it's doing painful things to my butt. Not just the muscles either; I need a better seat (or, actually, a better bike. but as I'm now a starving grad student, that's just kinda too bad.)

[ribbin]

To a certain degree, you'll get used to the seats.

As for the bike- see if there's a bike co-op or bike shop on campus or around your area. A lot of places will let you borrow tools and do your own work. Then you go a thrift shop and pick up a nice old frame full of junky parts, and replace the busted bits. Voila! Nice bike for cheap!