On Monday, we went to Kozy’s and got Becky a new bike. She got the Giant Sedona ST, which is what they call a comfort-mountain bike. (Evidently, now there are subcategories in the comfort bike range; they also have a comfort-road bike series.) The bike in the photo is the men’s version; Becky got the women’s.
I remember buying Becky her first bike– it was a little pink Barbie bike with streamers and a pink and white basket on the front and training wheels. I got it one night at Service Merchandise in Crystal Lake, and I remember assembling it in the garage until about 11:00 at night. She outgrew it before she gave up the training wheels, so her second (another pink bike) was the one on which she became truly two-wheel-mobile. Now that she graduated to a real bike-shop bike, it’s only a matter of time before I find myself handing over a set of keys for a four-wheeled vehicle to her.
Becky’s new ride means that Emma moves up to Becky’s old 18-speed mountain bike, so I expect we’ll be out there riding a lot this summer.