school is soon going to start for me, which I thought, no problem. Yet my ride has gone, and I’m stuck with either taking the bus or biking to school.
Recalling those torturous hours of waiting on a hot bus stop, getting in a bus full of really weird people, paying $4 just for four rides and then never using that bus pass again, getting stares because I crochet, probability of losing a textbook or a hook, forgetting something on there, getting left behind by an impatient bus drive, a bus driver taking too long, and then seeing how fast it takes to get to Fullerton and always thinking, “I can bike this”…
And we all know how reliable the OCTA bus system is! Yes, the bus gets there…but only when it wants to. Especially the 46. Route 46 is a nightmare! Sometimes, when the bus should arrive at 2 pm, it comes at 2:45 so that means it’s the 2 , 2:30 and 3pm bus, so if you miss that one, then you are screwed. Or it never comes and I end up waiting a half hour or so for it to come. Normally I wouldn’t mind, but it ‘s a bother when your professor gives you an evil stare when you enter his class about 10 minutes late.
Well, I’ve decided to bicycle to school.
It’s about six miles or so from my house to Fullerton College. It’s 3.5 miles to get to Harbour and I suppose from Harbour and Ball to Full Coll should be another 5 miles, 40 minutes at the most.
Overall, that’s about the same time I’d take if I were to take the bus.
Besides, riding my bicycle is free. And a $4 day pass can easily turn into laundry money (And who doesn’t like wearing clean knickers?).
Since I didn’t ride my bicycle for this winter, I’ve had to begin riding it this month to get ready for my treck to school, weighed down with books…and my bike is not in such a good condition. The front wheel clicks, clicks,clicks , the chains squeak and the whole thing sounds like it’s going to fall apart.
But it’s gone to the beach, off trails, all over North Orange so why can’t it survive a treck to school?
Perhaps it will break down on me one day, but for now it has no reason to if I just get it checked over.
All what I’m going to need to buy is probably a bike rack and stick a box on it, or perhaps a basked, or a bike rack and saddle bags. Good thing there’s to help me with this! 
Excellent store! They have this bicycle:
which I’d do anything to have it. It’s $500, but that chain protector means I can wear my flared jeans without worrying about ripping them up.
Though that means I will betray my Nishiki, which has been very faithful to me.
And it also means that I will have to take comfort over speed and going over any terrain (For the most part).
So I will have to brave the streets , avoid getting run over, being safe and in the process hopefully lose some weight.
orange cycle’s tune is cheaper than cypress bikeland.
maybe i should go there if your dad can’t fix it