My first bike that I received was actually a second hand red cannondale mountain bike given to me by my aunt. She received the bike from a good friend and then passed it down to me when she simply stop riding bikes due to her busy work-oriented lifestyle. I remember when I first got the bike, it would be a struggle getting on it as it was a bit too tall for my short middle school self. I started riding the bike in middle school when I was old enough to go out on my own. This bike holds a lot of memories as I remember cruising around my neighborhood with near by friends in the afternoons after school. I would ride this bike to go to the store, to go to my friends house nearby, even to the nearby ice cream shop. Although I had a mountain bike, which was really heavy and hard to use, it was the only bike I had at the time so I made it work. I remember the feeling I would get after riding this cannondale, being young and free and feeling the wind on your face when you peddle faster, it was a great feeling, gave me a sense of freedom and independence. My favorite memory with this bike was simply just riding around my neighborhood with the sun setting cruising around with my old pals. I am sad to say that this bike is no longer mines as later on it had many problems and my parents threw it away without my knowledge.