My bike...

This is me with my new bike: I promise I am REALLY happy about this purchase.

So I bought a brand new 21 speed bike for a really good price. The problem with a new bike is that it creates temptation for those who might be inclined to covet such new bikes. So I decided it would be better to remove temptation from their path - or at the very least - make temptation not so attractive. And because there was no other colour in the bike store but red I decided to pick a real attractive brown for my new paint colour. I peeled off all the stickers and away my friend went with the paint job. (One of the best inventions ever: spray paint! I could get into vandalism!)

Anyways - so the idea behind it is that I won't stand out so much and hopefully my bike will be in my possession (and not somebody else's) for the rest of the year. But as one of my friends pointed out there are other factors besides the bike that make me stick out. 1) I am white. 2) I am female 3) I wear a helmet (yes I feel like I am six but I don't trust the drivers here!)

So - I don't know whether it is better for them to look at the bike .... or at me.

\manda