Show & Tell: Bikes in the Spring

New month, new Show & Tell hostess. I missed last week so double whammy this week.

There aren't that many signs of spring yet except for warmer weather. And these:

• * grit removal machines sweeping the streets free of remnants of winter


• * the smell of wet asphalt after the rain


• * noise from motorcycles released from their winter lair


• * dog poo that dog owners thought would magically disappear in the snow


• * allergy medicine advertising


• * Easter promotions in the shop


• * dressing too warm one day and too cold the next


• * and this:

Luckily that's not my bike. Mine looks like this and I bought it last year. I haven't ridden it yet this year though as my main "accessory" these days is a pram.

I remember all my bikes. First it was the little blue one I learnt on (though I remember borrowing a friend's orange one before that), then a green one and after that a champagne- copper coloured one. All of them were second-hand, but in 6th or 7th grade I got my first brand-new bike, my first one with drop handlebars (bockstyre) and 12 (or perhaps more?) gears. It was white and lilac and I kept it until I moved to Uppsala to study at university. I took over my grandmother's old three-geared DBS bike, as I figured it was less likely to get stolen. I rode it until last year when I finally bought a new one, but it's still outside on the bike rack. It has a flat tire but otherwise it's fine! Good 80s quality!