So it's all over. Due to the lingering effects of my redundancy in March and other circumstances - I have, with huge regret, sold my bike. My bike departed under it's new owner a couple of Sundays ago bound for Wellington.
End of an era and its more than just saying goodbye to the best bike I've had. It's saying goodbye to a piece of my soul. Biking has been part of who I am as a person for 40 years (with a break for kids and mortgage) so this has left a hole in my soul and I am doing it tough.
Reducing the pain though is that it's going to a good guy who was so excited by the bike and looked like a kid at Christmas when he climbed on it. There was respect for the bike and I know he will look after my baby.
Also reducing the pain is that I still have a company bike to ride (postie bike) and will still get to ride about 630kms a week and get paid for it and not have to pay rego or insurance or the other expenses that go along with this game we call biking. It'll also keep me in the groove just on the off chance that there is another bike in my future...
Oh. This isn't a goodbye thread. KB has been a big part of my life these last 14 or so years so I'll be hanging around, even if my stories might now concern my CT110 work bike instead of my own bike.
Cheers
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