Finally Riding a Bike

by Sam

After 10.5 years of work (I only really tried for 2 days) I can finally ride a bike.

I didn't even use training wheels.  I just started from the start.  I just rolled down the driveway and tried to keep my balance.  And then I started trying to use pedals and it just all worked out.

I think riding a bike is really good to get long distances.  It's also really fun and easy to get breezes in your hair.  But there's really not much to say about bikes, although I could tell you the history of them.  Nah, you don't want to hear that.  But I'm gonna tell you anyways.

The first bike might as well have been called a "walking machine" - it didn't have handlebars or pedals.  But then people started getting smarted and started adding handlebars and pedals, finally.  You probably all heard of the penny-farthing.  Well, that was one of the first attempts to absorb jolts.  But then we invented suspension.  And there really isn't much more to say about bikes.