The Cruzbike sofrider.

http://cruzbike.com/sofrider
Now learning to ride it, the front is noticeably heavier - others have mastered it, with practice, so can I.
(just a little note for the curious - see the posted time below, here in NZ the time of post was Sunday 28 August, 10:06 pm.)

The name Wanderer was given to me by the friend of the daughter of the woman I was flatting with quite a few years ago now. I asked her why 'wanderer'? She asked in return, "don't you wander around exploring?" And yes I do.

And 'kiwicruzcyclist'? Too echo a friend - walking takes to long to get anywhere, and a car is to fast to see everything - so a bicycle is a better speed of travel. The bicycle in question is a Sofrider from Cruzbikes, which has recently arrived from the US, started putting together today and will finish tomorrow (God willing).
"But if the cycle is a cruzbike, why not kiwicruzbiker?" Because of the association of 'biker' with motorbikes rather than cycles, and in particular (motor)biker gangs.
(By the way - I can ride and motorbike and have a full license to ride one)

Something else about today which is important to me.
The present time straddles the 27 & 28 August (2011) which is the Memorias of Saint Monica and her son Saint Augustine (Bishop and Doctor of the Church)

Saint Monica (331 - 387)

She was born at Thagaste in Africa of a Christian family. She was married young, to Patricius, and among her children was Augustine. He had a brilliant intellect and uncertain morals and his wayward spiritual career saw him at one time a Manichee and then a Neoplatonist. With many tears she prayed unceasingly to God for his conversion and her prayers were answered shortly before she died. She had a deep faith and outstanding virtue and is a wonderful example of a Christian mother.

St Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430)

He was born in Thagaste in Africa of a Berber family. He was brought up a Christian but left the Church and embraced the Manichaean heresy, later seeing how nonsensical it was and becoming a Neoplatonist instead. He led a wild and dissolute youth. He took a concubine by whom he had a son, Adeodatus. He had a brilliant legal and acedemic career. At length, through the prayers of his mother, and the teaching of St Ambrose of Milan, he was converted back to Christanity. He was baptized in 387, shortly before his mother’s death. He returned home to Africa and led an ascetic life. He was elected Bishop of Hippo and spent 34 years looking after his flock, teaching them, strengthening them in the faith and protecting them strenuously against the errors of the time. He wrote an enormous number of works: the Office of Readings has many extracts from them. He was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Boniface VIII in 1308.