Growing Up and acting ones age…

Like Swati wrote Aasim turned nine yesterday but he had his party on Saturday. Playing the part of host does have some benefits…

A gorgeous lady to me “Aasim will soon look like your younger brother than your son”
Me “Thanks for complimenting me but it is Aasim’s party!”
She – starting to blush..
Me “In that case can I ask you for a date?”
She “Only if Swati also comes along”
Me “Damn! I would have never imagined you as that kinky”

Our present to Aasim was a near fullsize bicycle. It has an Aluminium alloy frame and 21 speed config. Since the seat height is easily adjustable I took it out for a spin yesterday morning for 10Km – could reach a speed of 40km/hr easily but the over all moving average was 23km/hr, guess I will be using it on weekend mornings for some time now 😉

  • Belated happy birthday to Aasim.

    Our present to Aasim was a near fullsize bicycle.

    Oh! those fancy “geared” bicycles. I always wanted one when I was in school. I had to settle for a “Hero Hawk”, the sports style bicycle with no gear. The one with the gears was Rs. 1000 more expensive and we could not afford it.

    • I always wanted one when I was in school.
      So did I, but during my time they were 100% imported from USA. I had a BSA slr

  • Not a great fan of gears …

    I was a bicycle fanatic when I was a kid (well, imagine me as a kid – and imagine 2 months of summer inside the house). And it felt like a different world out there, with more people on two-wheels than four, with no traffic jams and enough hills & valleys to tire us (cycling, alone ?) out before dusk.

    But somehow I’ve never been a great fan of geared bicycles. They tend to have more problems than the fixed speed versions, especially after the first few months of use & abuse. Somehow it was always the kids with the geared cycles that broke down half-way between home and somewhere else.

    • Re: Not a great fan of gears …

      Telling that to a 9 year old once he has seen it is difficult – so despite *everyone* telling Aasim the same I decided to let him experience it first hand.