THREE SPEEDS!

Well, two actually. I can't get it to shift into first gear but what the hell, it's operational! I have to tell you, I really, really like the ride. I like the way that you sit and the feel of the steel frame. It was cold and the streets were not clear. I purposely tried to ride over some of those icy patches, just to see how the bike would handle. I was impressed. This was only the second time since I was a child that I rode a bicycle in the winter, but I DID try to ride an off-road motorcycle on snowy, icy trails a few years ago. THAT went amazingly poorly. In the mean time I have focused on the similarity between motorcycles and bicycles and those similarities have formed my apprehensions about riding two wheeled vehicles in wintery conditions. It turns out that the differences are more important and that the bicycle is much easier to control and stable on packed snow and ice. It was only a short ride because of the bicycle's shifting problems but it was nice to be out and very enjoyable to be riding my Triumph three speed