Rain at Last
Crumby reckons the WG decided to reprieve the many evil doers. So, at last, after four months of no rain, the rain fell. Naturally, after this great dry spell featuring incredibly high temperatures and shifting foundations, the roof has sprung a leak. So far, the leaks are not so bad we need buckets. But a leak is a leak.
Damnation!
Will the damnation survive? It does not deserve to survive. But deserves got nothing to do with it.
Boy howdy! Like Crumby now has twain bicycles. That's because the red blade is unsafe at any speed, thus, ruling it out for long, hilly, chloresterol rides. So this new bike, a Trek 7100 vintage 2008, is a way better bike than the Blade. (No offense meant to Spalding).
Yet mysteriously, a broken spoke and a bunch of loose spokes suddenly appeared on the rear tire of the 7100. How did that happen? Nobody knows. Maybe the result of an overloaded grocery shopping trip. Maybe an evil doer kicked Crumby's spoke. Goddess preserve us.
In any event, Crumby had to fix the spokes just like Crumby will need to fix the roof, again, anon, to temporarily plug the leak. Mercy!
Crumby needed a special bike tool to replace the spoke. That's because on Crumby's new bike you need to take the freewheel off before you can thread on a new spoke. Yes. You need the RS-1 freewheel tool and maybe a vice. Crumby is happy he already had the vice, purchased for wristwatch repair.
Nevertheless, this particular bike repair reminded Crumby of why so many people drive cars.
Damnation!
Will the damnation survive? It does not deserve to survive. But deserves got nothing to do with it.
Boy howdy! Like Crumby now has twain bicycles. That's because the red blade is unsafe at any speed, thus, ruling it out for long, hilly, chloresterol rides. So this new bike, a Trek 7100 vintage 2008, is a way better bike than the Blade. (No offense meant to Spalding).
Yet mysteriously, a broken spoke and a bunch of loose spokes suddenly appeared on the rear tire of the 7100. How did that happen? Nobody knows. Maybe the result of an overloaded grocery shopping trip. Maybe an evil doer kicked Crumby's spoke. Goddess preserve us.
In any event, Crumby had to fix the spokes just like Crumby will need to fix the roof, again, anon, to temporarily plug the leak. Mercy!
Crumby needed a special bike tool to replace the spoke. That's because on Crumby's new bike you need to take the freewheel off before you can thread on a new spoke. Yes. You need the RS-1 freewheel tool and maybe a vice. Crumby is happy he already had the vice, purchased for wristwatch repair.
Nevertheless, this particular bike repair reminded Crumby of why so many people drive cars.
posted by ray pistrum at Sunday, October 09, 2011
2 Comments:
I think there is another way to look at it. Fixing a bike is hard if you do it, but not so hard as fixing the car. Taking the bike to a pro costs a lot, but not so much as taking the car to the shop. It is still win-win.
There is another difference. Not only does one get exercise on a bike, one gets to experience all those hunter-gatherer emotions like adrenalin, anger, desperation, and putting one's billfold in one's lunch kit when it really rains hard. Car drivers have to go on expensive vacations to get those experiences.
TPLR
All good points. Like, hey! Where'd the bike lane go?
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