The Art of Riding a Bike

The old adage is true indeed! One never does forget how to ride a bike! =) I believe the last time I rode a standard bicycle was back in elementary or junior high school. It had been about fifteen years since I had last ridden one. Although I always knew I could still ride a bike, I never had the occasion to prove it to myself.

Until yesterday.

Jenny Park recently graduated from the School of Pharmacy and she will be moving up to Washington state next week, so we wanted to have a Girls’ Day Out at the beach before she left. So yesterday (6/13/06) Jenny, Susie Kim, Lynn Park, and I made our way to Newport Beach. We rented four Easy Rider bicycles from a local beach vendor at $9 per “beach hour” (which is equivalent to about an hour and a half), and we rode up and down the sidewalk parallel to the beach. It was a gorgeous day out, and the sea gulls were soaring overhead (luckily, we were not made easy targets due to our high pedaling speed). I must say we had a great time!

Miso, Susie’s miniature maltese, also came along with us, and she enjoyed her time at the beach immensely as she rode along with us in a little basket hanging on Susie’s bicycle handlebars.