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wheels. 19 April 2009

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Helmeted Peace Corps volunteers are expected to use bicycles as their primary mode of transport at site. Due to the amount of time we will spend pedaling in these two years, many of us passed up a chance at owning a “quirky” local Hero, pictured here:

hero

Instead I and others opted to buy a used mountain bike. I’m not sure why, but in Uganda, mountain bikes are called “sports bikes.”  They also usually come labeled with absurd names:

my ride, the Mountain Hurricane

the diablow

interwolf

egg's house

These trusty steeds get us from point A to B in style.the fleet

my ride is the Mountain Hurricane (left)

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