While I look sideways at my Bianchi Via Nirone 7, a new toy that I allowed myself to have yesterday... a toy that needs cleaning, greasing and a lot of love... I sip my coffee and think about the words of someone I had the chance to talk to only once in person: You deserve both, you have two hands and two feet to work and look for money. You can use one for long routes with the ‘pikete’ (group of cycling friends) and the other for carrying and running errands.
And then he reminded me that one should not let oneself be carried away by this mentality of lack, of I don't deserve this... for whatever reason. If you don't need that money right now and you'd like to have them both, why not? Unless you want to get rid of the mountain bike because you don't like it or don't feel comfortable with it.
That's exactly what I was thinking about, selling the mountain bike, cause, with the situation we have here in Cuba, I shouldn't spend money on another bike and then I thought about food and even other people who wouldn't approve of my decision... anyway, everyone has their own way of thinking.
{I can write about these issues of deservedness and other people's opinions another day... but today I want to concentrate on my new project} 😃
The truth is that I got it for a very reasonable price and also a case with some necessary things in it.
Let's see what's inside.
I will probably sell the seatpost (it looks very good quality) and the saddle, which I don't like the way it looks.
The rest I do need and will keep. Even the sports case because it's so cool hahaha...
About my old-new bike, I rode it yesterday to bring it here and it really is something else. My mountain bike is so heavy... the Nirone weighs like a feather compared to it and has the following features:
The frame is hydroformed and triple butted, plus it comes with a carbon fork with special kevlar inserts – Bianchi’s BAT technology – to take the sting out of the ride. The inserts are also found in the chainstays and and at the bottom of the seatstays. www.cyclingweekly.com
Screenshot from bianchi.com
The one I bought came with Continental Gatorskin tyres and a Shimano Claris Ruta 8v groupset. I don't know much about these things, but I think it's for beginners. Guess what? 😃 I'm in that group.
In fact, on cyclingweekly.com, the site I shared with you above, there are some reviews of these bikes and it says that ‘The Bianchi Via Nirone 7, which has a frame once raced at Paris-Roubaix, is Bianchi's entry-level bike - we put it through its paces’.
Wow, I have a bike with history!!!
Lol.I'll look after it and try to keep it looking good. It's not going to look like this... I've got this screenshot from there.
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Yesterday I placed the ad on revolico.com to sell my mountain bike. While I'm writing this post an interested person just wrote me.
I'm hesitating... What would you do?
*And here's my thanks to @pumarte. The purchase was made near his house and he offered to help me. On his electric motorbike he took all those things to my house, and then he took me back to pick up the mountain bike he had left in his photo studio.
Thanks also to him filming me to show me ‘his new toy’ I was able to make that GIF. 😉
Original content by @nanixxx. All rights reserved ©, 2024.
The deprivation agenda is something many of us were born with and even grew up with. Unlearning is harder than learning but with little big things we can get our brain used to detach from it and you have done great. The wisest is your heart, don't listen to your head. If it tells you to keep both, do it. And super congrats on the new acquisition!!!!😃
It is a practical matter. The mountain bike is for any road with potholes, irregularities, etc... but the other one is not for that. It would be all the time broken and messed up and punctured. The other one is for road trips. They are different things... for different purposes: to solve a serious transport problem here, to exercise and to have fun.
But I'm going to tell you what the end goal is.
The ultimate goal is a gravel bike, it's a hybrid. A racing bike with thicker tyres, more or less something like that. But I do NOT want it to be heavy, and I want it to have good components, quality components. I want it to be a good bike.
I've already got to start visualising it to attract it.
Thank you y buenos días. 😅
Thoughts become reality.... think, see it in your mind!!!! So be it!😘
My heart is always telling me what to do. I follow it a lot. We shall see. The cycling community will get this news as it comes hahaha.
A hug.
Yes, I want this news!
Wow! That's a really nice bicycle.
It's your decision and it's your money. Who cares what other people think. Just hop on your new bicycle and experience that you made the right choice!
I wish you many safe kilometers with your new bicycle!
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Thank you!
This was something I had wanted for some time and I projected it in my mind. What I like about it is that it's a bike that is showing its age but structurally it's very good. At first glance it won't look like a great bike, but I'm sure its greatness will be in the relationship we build together.
See how my projections play out.
It was in May.
https://peakd.com/hive-177745/@nanixxx/is-my-mtb-girl-powerful-or-is-it-me
I don't know much about bikes but if you feel you need them both, then, I'll say, keep them both. As for the money, I have noticed that every time I tried to save some, doing something I didn't want, I ended up loosing a lot due to an unexpected misfortune.
Anyway, enjoy your new toy :)
Thanks for the advice. I think we are on the same frequency. And as far as I am concerned, at this historic 🤣 moment in my life, I want to be joyful and at peace of mind, doing what makes me happy and is under my control. The other things I may need I know will come because I am in the right mood.
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You're welcome!! 🤗🤗
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As long as it makes you happy, it's a worth it purchase. Congrats on the new bicycle! Give it a nice inspection and have fun. Bianchi are really good bikes.
Here in Cuba there are no specialised shops for bicycles and accessories. We get things because someone brings them from another country or they get them from relatives abroad or they buy them online, very expensive purchases, because Cuba is always the last card in the deck. High-performance sportsmen and women also bring back things to sell when they return from their trips. And so people set up businesses with these things... improvised businesses. They sell without licences, without guarantees. It's a mess. This bike belonged to a foreign student who brought it from the US and had it for the duration of his scholarship. He put it up for sale and yesterday he was on his way back to his country.
It does make me happy. It's just the right size for me and apparently it was meant to be mine.
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PS: it is looking as good as new. Maybe later I will restore it in terms of paint. The badge and some things... I tell you, it's a project for me.
Thank you!
Very interesting report! So, you can import stuff through the internet nowadays, but it's expensive? How does that differ from the past in Cuba? Was the country completely shut and the Government controlled everything?
Another question... I imagine the country has been changing to a more open economy, right? Is there any chance they'll adopt free-market in the future? What do you think is needed for someone to open a business there, for example a bike shop to sell new bikes, parts and offer service?
In my imagination Cuba would grow immensely if the Government relaxed a bit and let people innovate.
It is expensive, yes. Here we have several ways, I recently used aeronvio.com to buy my action cam on Amazon. You look for the link to the product you are going to buy on Amazon, Shein and other sites, where you have located it and they allow it, and you paste it there in Aeronvío. You pay for the product with the fees included and they buy it and deliver it to your home. The cheapest way, which is by ship, takes about a month. The most expensive way, by plane, takes a week, but it costs 10 USD per pound and there is a minimum of pounds that you have to use. If you don't use them, you pay the same.
The government started allowing self-employment a few years ago, and now allows the creation of small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
Such a shop can be done I suppose as a MSME or as a local development project, but I think the latter would have to have a community project included. Something that benefits the community. I don't know what those things are like because I have never considered doing one. I need an investor. 😅
Well, if you decide to do it in the other half of my house that is not finished, you can set up the shop 🤣.
I'm seriously thinking about flying over there with a bag full of stuff to sell over there. Fly back, fill the bag and in again hahaha rinse and repeat. Jokes aside, I'm really curious, and would visit Cuba if I had the money. Brazil also had a period where imported goods were basically not allowed (between the 70's and early 90's) -- you'd need to pay a lot more for someone to bring stuff into the country, more or less like in Cuba. Government excuse: incentivize national production. You can imagine it incentivized nothing but years of blocking innovation to Brazilian consumers, like computers and so on. We kinda fall back in terms of technology.
🤣 not bad idea.
Honestly, I wouldn't do anything here. There will be a lot of obstacles and people who will bother you and stress you out, looking to get something out of you, there will be a lot of them. The situation is precarious.
Hah! Not much different than in Brazil, just in a harder level
Live every day as if it was your last day on earth...only here once never give up the opportunity to do what you want, when you want, with who you want (so long as they are agreeable LOL).
Spend your money on your pleasures, you cant take money with you when you have kicked the bucket
Enjoy it, ride it... and post it for us to enjoy with you
😁 You are very wise. ;)
How are the trips going?
Thank you xx
Nothing planned now until May 2025, sadly for my wanderlust other stuff going on
Guaoooooo! Qué maravilla. Tenemos juguete nuevo. Diría mi abuela: "Si usted trabaja, usted puede darse los lujos que quiera, que usted no está pidiendo plata prestá". Es increíble cómo tenemos una relación de "vergüenza" con el dinero. Este tema también es interesante y podríamos pasar hablando horas sobre eso.
Un secreto: no sé manejar bibicleta!, pero sí debe ser genial dar un paseo, sobre todo cerca del mar, mientras la brisa hace de las suyas. Un abracito para ti y disfruta tu nuevo medio de transporte.
Llega un momento en que uno cambia porque despierta. Así es la vida... hay otros que no despiertan jamás. Pobres.
Sí ese tema del dinero es tan complejo como estúpido. Mientras más apego menos dinero tienes.
😱 ¡No! Pero aprende. Es fácil y muy disfrutable, creéme.
Abracito 😁
There have been many times when I've thought long and hard and hesitated before buying an expensive item that I really wanted to buy and needed. And you know what? One day I realised that there wasn't a single time that I regretted it. Even if I thought it was too expensive. There was one time when I then had to save really hard for a few weeks, but I still didn't regret it.
Take your time - you might be able to keep both bikes.
I think I have to keep them both because they serve different functions. But we'll see... I'm just looking to improve what I have.
Expensive or cheap is very relative. Everyone has a different idea of it depending on their income, possibilities and savings.
Thanks! 🙃
Hi, @ewkaw and Qurator Team, I am very grateful for the support. ;)
Congratulations on that new bike, it looks great. I'm sure you'll make a lot of use of it, and you'll treat us to many new videos. I also congratulate you for leaving behind the lack mentality. It wasn't that long ago that I left it behind, it's a mentality that doesn't allow you to grow.
Happy weekend @nanixxx.
Good afternoon!
Right now, as soon as I reply to you, I'm going to start washing it. Everything in great detail and then I'll grease it. I agree, we have to leave that mentality far behind! Erase it completely!
Read, if you have time, the comment I made before this one.
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Y feliz finde para ti también!
I read the previous comment, and I agree with what you say. Some time ago I asked myself two questions: to enjoy the process and not to close doors for not “losing”.
A big hug @nanixxx, now I need to rest. Hasta mañana.
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Buenos días 👋☀️
Aquí con un cafecito, ¡buenos días!
Buenos días @nanixxx, he estado tomando unas fotos, y me voy a almorzar ahora.... Feliz domingo!!! 😊
Creo que le estás dedicando mucho tiempo a las bicicletas...y al final son solo mascotas jajaja...
No dejas de tener razón, pero yo también ;)
(me gusta ser feliz con lo que me gusta y libre)
Nada mejor que disfrutar lo que te gusta...