No ke aha ʻaʻole wau e pani hou i kaʻu paikikala hybrid he 15 mau makahiki

ʻO ka manawa hope loa wau i ʻike ai i kēia ʻano e pili ana i kaʻu paikikala he 9 mau makahiki kaʻu; he mānoanoa, luhi, Schwinn polū, a hoʻohālike malū wau he lio ia. ʻAʻole wale i kekahi lio: ʻO ka Schwinn ka Arabian Godolphin mai Marguerite Henry's Ke Aliʻi o ka Makani, ae puke aʻu i nānā ai i ka manawa maʻamau a ka mea puke puke puke puke e pono ai e pry ia mai koʻu mau manamana lima a haʻi iaʻu e ʻimi i kahi mea ʻē aʻe e aʻo ai.

I nā pō manawa kauwela ua hehi wau i ka piko o ka palaka, ke manaʻo nei ua lohi wau ma hope o ka sphere i kahi heihei lio e hoʻoholo paha i ke ala i mua no ka lāhui. Flip kūpono ma ke kihi, pono hou i hoʻokahi alanui ma luna, a ma hope, ke poʻo i loko o ke kiko, ua keʻehi mākou i nā mea ʻoi aku ʻoi aku. Hele hou wau me kuʻu lio i ke Alanui ʻEwing ma kahi kolohe ʻino i ka hōʻea ʻana o ka hui i kona manamana wāwae, e hauʻoli ana i kahi kī lōʻihi a hiki i ka laina hope, ka home o koʻu ʻohana, lanakila.

ʻO ke kaʻa paikikala nui paha kekahi mea āu e pono ai.

He mau manawa lōʻihi loa ma hope, ʻo kaʻu huakaʻi he Trek 7300 Multitrack, kahi mannequin i hoʻopau ʻia ma 2012, ʻoiai wau e noʻonoʻo nei e noho mau ana kāna poʻe mamo, ʻoiai no ka laina o ka Arabian e hāpai nei i nā mea holo i kahi lanakila. He "euphemism" ʻo "Multitrack" no kekahi mau mea kikoʻī, a hiki i kēia manawa: ʻAʻohe o nā ʻano aniani o nā keke heihei i makemake ʻia e nā kāne i nā lole lime Italia a me nā pōkole paikikala, a ʻaʻole ia he naʻauao e like me nā paikikala uila e hoʻololi i ka mode ikehu. inā makemake ʻoe e holoholo me ka hehi wāwae ʻana. ʻAʻole ia ke ʻano o ke kaiapuni aloha aero keke i kāʻili ʻia i kekahi mea e hoʻoliʻiliʻi paha iā ia, ʻo ke kaʻa kaʻa like me ka lole ʻauʻau Armani a e like me ke kumukūʻai.

He heihei wili wīwī wau ma mua, a i kekahi manawa hopu wau i ka ʻauamo i hāʻule, pālahalaha hou, a hoʻomanaʻo e pili ana i kēia heihei lio wā kamaliʻi. Eia nō naʻe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua manaʻo wau i nā manawa āpau he ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mea heihei ma mua o kaʻu makemake. ʻO wau he mea holo i ke kūlanakauhale i kekahi manawa, he ʻoluʻolu a ikaika hoʻi i ka mea nona ka paikikala. ʻO ke Trek kahi kaʻa hauʻoli a ikaika hoʻi; aia mākou ma nā māmala ʻōlelo maikaʻi.

Ua haʻalele au iā ia ma hope o koʻu neʻe ʻana i New York Metropolis mai Los Angeles 11 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ma muli o koʻu manaʻo ua hala wau i mau mahina, ʻaʻole mau makahiki. Eia naʻe hewa wau i ka wā ma mua, a ʻo ka hope loa o ka noho ʻana i luna ka mea i lawe i koʻu ʻuhane, no laila ua splurged a hoʻouna wau i ka kaʻa hikina. Ma ke kakahiaka nui o ka Lāpule ua paʻi mākou i ke ala paikikala West Aspect e hōʻoia ai e holo paha wau ma kahi o 100 mau palaka mai Chelsea a i ke kula nui ʻo Columbia College kahi aʻu i aʻo ai, inā wau i koho ai, a ma hope e hoʻi ai kahi noho.

I kekahi manawa ua neʻe hou wau i LA i kahi makahiki i hala, i loaʻa i ka homeickness, ua hoʻopau ke keke kaʻa i ka huakaʻi poepoe me aʻu. Ma kahi paha o 15 mau makahiki i hala i kēia manawa, eia nō naʻe he makahiki nui ia no ka lio leʻaleʻa, a aia kekahi mea e haʻi ʻia no ke kūpaʻa.

ʻAʻole au i nānā aku iā ia ma mua aʻu i kūʻai hou ai, hoʻolilo i ka hoʻolilo a me kahi hana hou loa; he ʻelua mau palahalaha pālahalaha a me kahi pauma i kuhi hewa i ke kaʻa ʻana. Eia nō naʻe i kēia Pepeluali i hala aku nei ua hele hope wau iā ia i kahi hale kūʻai paikikala kokoke loa-ʻo nā poʻo ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kaʻu i aʻo ai he hana naʻaupō paha ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā ala kaʻa uila a LA ma mua o ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka loea i ka wā i hoʻololi ʻia ai. Ua ʻike wau i kahi ʻāpana o ka pale ʻana: ʻO nā keke kaʻa i loko o ka puka aniani i ʻoi aku ka pīhoihoi i kēlā me kēia ʻano, me nā hōʻailona waiwai e kūlike. Ua noi wau i ke kāne ma hope o ka pā i ka hanana e manaʻo lākou e hāʻawi i kaʻu Trek i hoʻokahi manawa.

Ua kī ʻo ia iaʻu i ka minoʻaka baseball o loko. "He keke kaʻa maikaʻi ia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, ua lawa ka nui no nā mea a pau i loko o ka hale kūʻai e hoʻolohe ai. "ʻAʻole loa e pau." Ma hope o 4 mau lā, ua hiki i kaʻu paikikala maikaʻi a kuʻi i ke ala nui me nā paleki a me nā mīkini pono, nā puhaka i hoʻonui loa ʻia a me kahi kino sophisticated.

E hoʻokaʻawale i ka cliché e pili ana i ka hoʻopoina ʻole pehea e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke huakaʻi i kahi motika, ma muli o ka hopena o kahi ʻoi aku ka nui ma aneʻi: hoʻomanaʻo mau ʻoe i kou ʻano ke hele ʻoe i ke kaʻa kaʻa, ʻaʻole loa e nalo nā hoʻomanaʻo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ʻo ka ʻike loea o ka keu cellular ma mua o kou maoli. ʻAʻole hiki i ka hiki ke hehi wāwae a hoʻokele i kahi mea nui i hoʻokō ʻia, eia naʻe me ka hiki ke kāhea i kāu iho 9-makahiki, e manaʻo maoli ʻaʻole wale i ka wā a mākou e ʻōlelo nei i ka makani akā ka makani mai kāu mea i hala. ʻO kēlā mea hoʻokahi.

I loko o nā pule, ʻo ka honua e like me kā mākou i ʻike ai ua pani ia ma muli o ka maʻi ahulau, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kekahi o nā pilikia he nui i hiki iaʻu ke hana palekana, nā kahakai i haʻalele ʻia a me nā ala paikikala, ma nā alanui i palekana ʻole ma muli o ka hopena o kekahi. e kalaiwa ana. Ua hele au mai ka huakaʻi he 20 mau minuke i kekahi manawa i 4 mile, i 6, ʻaneʻane i kēlā me kēia lā. Ma ke kiko i wehe hou ʻia nā ala i Might, hoʻohana wau i 10 mile huakaʻi hele poepoe, maʻalahi, a ʻo kahi hopena o ia ka hakahaka mai koʻu wahi e hoʻomaka ai i ka hopena ʻākau o ke ala paikikala. Ma hope a ma hope e hoʻohui wau i ka mile mile ma ke ala hewa; malia paha e hana wau i ka nui āpau.

ʻO nā mākua e hele iaʻu ma ke ala paikikala he ʻona ponoʻī kā lākou i loko e haʻi ai. Maopopo i loko o ka heihei ma waena o nā kauhale Tuscan nā pūʻulu kanaka i nā pūliki nani. ʻO nā mea holo kaʻa uila, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa i koʻu kaiāulu ʻo Santa Monica, he poʻe huakaʻi wikiwiki, kiʻi kiʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ke kani lākou ma mua. Ma waena o nā poʻe o nā paikikala nani i ʻike nui ʻia e pono ai ka maka o paparazzi-ʻo ke kaʻa kū i ke kaulike, no kēia manawa, he lole ʻahuʻulaʻulaʻula.

A ʻo ka poʻe ma nā holoholo kai hoʻokahi wikiwiki, mai nānā ʻole iā lākou, e ʻiʻini nei no nā vibe o ke kai o ka wā i hala, ka maʻalahi o nā keke kaʻa ʻole, nā paleki coaster, kahi burger, nā ʻaila a me kahi papa heʻenalu.

ʻO wau, pono wau e hoʻololi ma o kahi ma kahi pāʻālua, e like me kaʻu i hoʻi ai, ma ka motika e hana i ka mea aʻu e noi ai, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka lawa pono. ʻO ka makani i koʻu lauoho — maikaʻi, ma loko o nā kahe o ka lewa e lele i kaʻu mahiole — a ʻo ke ʻano o ka liʻiliʻi loa o ka honua ma mua o ka maʻamau he mea maikaʻi loa i kēia lā, ma hope o kā mākou ʻeli ʻia ʻana. o kaʻu mau pahuhopu mua, akā mālama ka Trek iā ia me kahi mea nui e like me ka wobble, a ʻaʻole e hoʻomāʻewaʻewa ke hauʻoli loa wau i kahi wikiwiki keu.

Ua hoʻomaka kaʻu hoʻohana hou ʻana me kahi mea koʻikoʻi: makemake wau i kahi mea e pili ana i ka neʻe, ma muli o ka hiki ʻole iaʻu ke noho no ka lā holoʻokoʻa, akā e ʻae iaʻu e pale i nā malihini i kahi ʻike o ka lua. A laila ua kiola nā manaʻo luhi, a hoʻohana i mau manawa i kēlā me kēia pule i huli i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā, inā paha he kīʻaha kope ʻole i ka pier o Santa Monica a i ʻole ka huakaʻi helehelena i ka piko o ke ala kaʻa kaʻa hou. Ke hoʻokele nei i nā lako no ka hoʻouka ʻole mau ʻana, ke loaʻa ka mea liʻiliʻi o ia mea.

ʻO ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ʻaʻole ia he mea he aha ke ala aʻu e hele ai, he pale kū pololei ma Pico Boulevard kokoke i ka piko o ka huakaʻi. ʻO Pico make-welau ma ke kahakai, no laila he ala hoʻokahi ia e ʻike i ka Pākīpika a ʻike i ke kala o kēia kekona kikoʻī. Hoʻololi ia i kahi manawa maʻamau; Makemake wau e hoʻomaopopo.

A laila pōʻai wau i ke ala nui, ka makani kai i kuʻu manawa hou, a heihei hou iaʻu iho i kahi noho.