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Look, a week later and I post a picture of my new bicycle. This purchase, which I believe is the single largest purchase I've ever made outside of paying for college, took me all week. A week of riding the bus everywhere, of walking a mile and a half to work and back. An afternoon of browsing bike shops and finding a bike that I wanted, then adjusting my price range to fit the bike (something my budget and my money saved from transportation costs allowed me to do), and waiting three days for the bike shop to put together a bike that is the best size for me. And now my new favorite toy, which is really much more than a toy: A contraption that is probably the most economical purchase I've ever made, one that at my present rate will pay for itself in less than a year. A machine that is high quality to the point when it might well save me a couple hundred dollars in deferred maintenance.

What a difference a week can make.