What an awfully interesting little journey this year in the life of life has been. Let me start by looking at one of the more significant-yet surprising- events of the year. I LOST MY LICENCE :O
This would have broken my lil heart only a couple of months ago, in fact I was dragging out the process tooth and nail before the final day came where... well nothing happened, you just have to choose to stop driving cars or riding motorcycles on public roads or you are severely breaching the law! It's actually quite a non-event. Something should happen. But it doesn't, you've already received your letters in the mail warning you of the day, and only so much calling up lawyers and discussing options can happen before you finally realise that the there's really just the one thing to do: get responsible for the consequences of your actions. However, my limits were quite extreme, I considered many, many alternatives before finally giving in to this; I considered flying to Perth and getting a WA licence before they'd processed my fines through the transport department, I thought heavily about going overseas, most likely to South East Asia for the period which my licence will be suspended (6 months) so that I could continue to 'ride on'.
It was truly liberating to finally accept that I had been irresponsible, and that with current laws, the consequence is that I have a period of exploration... where I get to understand the world newly, or at least the ways in which I manoeuvre around within it. So far I've been truly fortunate to have so many helpful friends willing to drive me places when necessary, although I get that this could really get old pretty quickly for them considering it's only been a few weeks. Hence I am creating this period of licence-lessness as an opportunity to really work on my fitness!! I've always wanted to take my fitness to a significantly higher level. Running has always been enjoyable for me, put some music in and of you go yogging, but it's not really the best way to get around and carry uni books etc. Or for arriving anywhere further than 5km in anything less than an ocean of sweat and not to mention how time consuming running can become at distances greater than that...
So I am very excited to step into the world of the Lycra wearing madmen!! *(Don't actually plan on wearing any Lycra, but I cannot promise anything). The formerly known Nomadbiker (at least one person has called me that on at least one occasion...) will aptly become the Nomadcycler :P
Thus far it has been a pretty darn fun experience, well except for having a chain snap two times in 5 days already... I think that my mate Jack, who's bike I'd been borrowing, was just trying to sabotage me as we're in combat/competition for a Triathlon that is coming up in a couple of months time. So I will most likely be getting this half decent road bike. I would love any feedback on this bike as well... plus I'm looking to figure out what size frame to get, it ranges from 46-62cm. I have literally no understanding of this measurement.
This is also my first post on the new blog 'Look Who's Torquing Now' :D
I will be posting about all things automotive related, cars and motorcycles as I love them both. Please contribute where you think the posts could be improved, or suggest articles you may like to see written and just offer your general feedback :)
Thanks for reading readers.
