Saturday, October 22, 2011

I bought a bike

Today I've bought a bike :) Not a motorbike, yet... but it has 2 wheels :)

Like everything in Ireland, a new bicycle can be very expensive. For instance, in cyclesuperstore.ie the cheapest bike is 349€ all the way up to 2.345€!!!! In Ireland, they have Bike to Work, where you can get up to 51% of the bike and accessories value from your pay taxes. Even so, it's expensive. And at work they advice me to "don't buy a new bike, it will get stolen"! So, I started looking for second hand bikes.

I've searched online (buyandsellgumtree) but there isn't much offer, with very few offers near 100€, more around 200€ to 400€! So, today I went to a bike shop near where I'm living (Little Sport). They were just finishing the check-up of a second hand bike to sell it by 130€. It was a bit expensive from what I've seen online, but hopefully buying from a shop means that the bike should have no problems. I also bought a security lock, as bikes tend to disappear in Dublin :( So, I spend a little more than expected it's done... I have a bike :)


Saturday, October 1, 2011

Not everything is perfect :(

I know I live in a somewhat dodgy area, near to East Wall and North Strand. Searching online if those areas are safe, you can find advices like "As long as you don't stop the car ever and keep your doors locked you should be grand!" followed by "That Garda that was shot there last year, he died right???". And some times, there are some not so good news... Nevertheless, truth be told, I never had a problem. And wish that it keeps that way :)
But yesterday I saw that a motorcycle has been thrown to the river. Last week didn't rain, so the river is almost dry...


It's a mobile photo at night, so it has really bad quality, but you can see the motorcycle there :( Probably was stolen and throw away...

Edit: Took a photo this morning... Very bad quality, but with more light. In the afternoon when I return the river was full and the bike could no longer be seen...