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Mamachari

journal cycling July 23, 2023 08:03 EDT

I kept forgetting to blog at the end of the day. I already missed 3 days of not blogging. Sorry about that.

I Should've Bought A Gravel Bike Instead

journal cycling July 19, 2023 22:23 EDT

Yeah… I should’ve bought a gravel bike instead… but it costs more… but then I’ve already spent almost $1,500 for the new urban bike, fenders, racks, and all other kinds of crap. I should’ve spent $1K more and I would’ve gotten a bike I really wanted. My eyes were actually on a Marin Four Corners at first, then changed my mind to a Norco Search XR Flatbar… both are gravel bikes… but then after ordering the Norco Search I decided to cancel the order and go for the Norco Indie 2, thinking that maybe the gravel bike is an overkill for me since my main purpose for the bike was to get around town while carrying some load (groceries, stuff I pick up on errands, etc.) and since I live in an urban area, an urban bike would’ve been perfect. I realized it was the wrong bike for me when I did my last long bike trip to Brantford and then to Kitchener-Waterloo. There was a lot of climbing to do for that trip. The bike I’ve got now is really heavy with my tent, sleeping bag, 2 panniers on a rear rack… yet I still made that trip.

A Blog A Day

journal cycling July 18, 2023 22:20 EDT

So moving forward, I will try my best to blog once a day. I will just say a brief summary of what I did for the day I guess and if there’s something important and is worth mentioning then I will say more about in details… I guess?