Basket Case...

Apparently a sure fire way to actually make a sales clerk at Dick's Sporting Goods speechless is to ask if I can put a wicker bicycle basket on a hybrid sports bike. If you really want them to look like a deer in headlights...just ask them if hybrid bikes come in pink. You would have thought I had asked if I could get a bike covered in faux leopard print fur with a velvet seat and Elvis license plate (hmmm....I wonder if that is an option...).

Apparently the answer is "no". Dick's Sporting Goods does not carry hybrid bikes in pink, and they are not aware of a line of hybrid bicycles that come in pink. They did however say I could probably attach a basket to the front of the handlebars (I think Bill was in actual physical pain at that point), and my dream bicycle basket (the Nantucket) is pictured above. Bill purchased his bicycle yesterday at Dick's (sans basket) and I was very sad (read: whiny) to learn that I will have to continue my search elsewhere.

As stated so eloquently by my sister Sami, we have taken on this quest to become world-famous celebrity cyclists (well at least in our own minds) as a new fun hobby and a way to get in fabulous shape as we embark on our adventure across the pond to Spain next fall! Bicycling has already proven to be much more (A LOT) more enjoyable than running, the elliptical machine, and most definitely more enjoyable than my arch nemesis the treadmill.

We did so great on our first 8 mile ride that I am SUPER motivated and excited to document and successfully achieve our quest! However, that brings me back to what must apparently be step #1...buy a bicycle (preferably in pink)!