Actually, the strange thing about this anniversary is that until this one, I had always owned more cars, trucks and motorcycles than years of driving. I owned three cars by the time I had a license for a year, six by year two, ten by year four, fifteen cars and two motorcycles by my tenth driver's license anniversary. A decade later, I owned my tenth motorcycle and was up to 20 cars. It took 17 more years to add ten more vehicles and I just spent $788 on my current 2002 Malibu to keep from buying another car.
In that same period, I have owned somewhere between fifteen and twenty bicycles and currently own five since the Trek GT single speed got stolen on Veteran's Day this year. Bicycles are not quite separate from each other the way cars are. I am currently getting all the components from one of my race bikes switched to a new frame that breaks in two pieces in less than a minute. When it is complete, I will have a spare frame.
When it is complete, I will have:
- A Trek Madone road bike
- A Surley travel bike (the new one)
- A Cannondale tandem
- A Dahon folding bike with 20-inch wheels
- A GT Peace 9-R single speed road bike.
I couldn't wait to get my driver's license. I had it within a week of turning 16 1/2. I just don't get it when people wait until they're 17 or 18. I have a couple of aunts on my husbands side that never got their licenses. When my mother had to give up driving due to failing health, at age 80, she said she felt like she was in prison, and was ready to die. I kinda get that. She died about 2 weeks later. P.S. I'm Neil's sister.
ReplyDeleteIt is great to have the privilege of driving.
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