No time like the present

My new bike rack is here and I am beyond excited. A whole world new bike riding world has opened up to me. As you may recall, I live on the side of a mountain. So, I haven’t really been able to ride my comfort bike anywhere.

There are times in life when you put off buying things that you really shouldn’t. This was one of them. One of the first things that I should have bought, when I got a bike, was a bike rack. Instead I put it off and my bike has basically sat, barely, used in my patio. With a bike rack, I can now take my bike down the Shore to ride or even just over to the Reservation. (Both of which have nice fairly flat paths.) I’m not sure why I waited so long, aside from just procrastination.

I did the same thing with the jogging stroller, which I never ended up buying, and to this day I regret that. I should have bought a jogging stroller the minute my son was born. Instead, I tried to run with his clunky regular stroller and ended up in regular disagreements with my husband over who was going to push the darn thing while we ran. When you wait on this sort on thing, you start second guessing buying it at all, because there is only a short window when you can actually use it before your child outgrows it. With the jogging stroller, I missed that window.

But, a bike rack is a different story. I will, hopefully, be able to use this for years to come. About a year ago, I actually got a great deal on a hitch style bike rack and bought it. However, it turned out that it was going to cost several hundred dollars to put a hitch on my car. I decided at that point to start researching trunk mounted bike racks. My only requirement was that it had to hold 3 bikes and have good reviews. I didn't want to be driving and have all of the bikes tumble to the road. Ultimately, my decision came down to a Thule rack and the Saris Bones. After asking a few of my friends, the preference seemed to be for the Saris. So, now it is here and I can’t wait to try it out.

Another great thing about having a bike rack is that now I can finally buy a road bike. I've been looking at a bunch of different ones, but have put of buying one because I had no way to get it home. Now I do. Yea!