Bike problems: Got a new bike.

The boil on my bike tire popped, so I took the bike into the shop.

The gears had also stopped shifting and the bike was a bit rickety from riding all winter, and between a new tire and tube, getting the gears to shift again (which would involve a chain replacement), and a tune-up, the price was going to be somewhere around $105, and even then the bike would maybe last just another season.

On the other hand, they had a 3-speed used bike for $150, and though it didn’t have a back fender, they could transfer mine on for $10, so I did that instead.

 

The bike is a metallic red, and rides very smoothly.

 

It's an old Schwinn (sp.?).