how i love thee and hate thee at the same time
let me tell you about the last 24 hours with my bike.
the chains were getting a bit rusty, but i remembered the wise words from the hi guy 2 years ago that you can use baby oil to fix that right up.
so i took it out and fixed that up.
done.
then on my way back from that my fender started acting up (i know that sounds weird when speaking about a bike). i guess a screw fell off or something (i still don't know) and it would giggle around at times scraping the back tire making a beautiful whistle sound or at other times it would slide up and trap my tire to completely stop my bike suddenly and basically buck me off my bike. (that's why the whistle sound was beautiful when thinking about the alternative.)
this was quite annoying on my rides yesterday where i would often stop (not by choice) and slowly but surely made it to my meeting and home at night (which by the way was one of my favorite rides... ever. it was so peaceful.)
i thought i fixed it last night tightening the screws holding it on.
then this morning was basically a disaster.
first i got sad news from one of my girlfriends in mexico. her mom died. it's so hard when i'm so far away because i just want to give her a big hug.
then on to the bike i had to repeated stop and i was in a hurry too. i met an ... ummmm... interesting man who wanted to talk... a lot. on one of my many many stops. it got to the point i would go a few feet and have to stop again. so i unscrewed one of the screws with my hand, but the other one was just too tight (yes, i was at the point of completely removing the fender and throwing it away).
so i finally made it to the adler and ran upstairs to get the program ready for camp.
and what did i do during my lunch? i borrowed a wrench, unscrewed the other screw and threw the fender in the trash.
now i just have to hope for no rain so i don't get that dirty, sandy, wetness up my back....
let me tell you about the last 24 hours with my bike.
the chains were getting a bit rusty, but i remembered the wise words from the hi guy 2 years ago that you can use baby oil to fix that right up.
so i took it out and fixed that up.
done.
then on my way back from that my fender started acting up (i know that sounds weird when speaking about a bike). i guess a screw fell off or something (i still don't know) and it would giggle around at times scraping the back tire making a beautiful whistle sound or at other times it would slide up and trap my tire to completely stop my bike suddenly and basically buck me off my bike. (that's why the whistle sound was beautiful when thinking about the alternative.)
this was quite annoying on my rides yesterday where i would often stop (not by choice) and slowly but surely made it to my meeting and home at night (which by the way was one of my favorite rides... ever. it was so peaceful.)
i thought i fixed it last night tightening the screws holding it on.
then this morning was basically a disaster.
first i got sad news from one of my girlfriends in mexico. her mom died. it's so hard when i'm so far away because i just want to give her a big hug.
then on to the bike i had to repeated stop and i was in a hurry too. i met an ... ummmm... interesting man who wanted to talk... a lot. on one of my many many stops. it got to the point i would go a few feet and have to stop again. so i unscrewed one of the screws with my hand, but the other one was just too tight (yes, i was at the point of completely removing the fender and throwing it away).
so i finally made it to the adler and ran upstairs to get the program ready for camp.
and what did i do during my lunch? i borrowed a wrench, unscrewed the other screw and threw the fender in the trash.
now i just have to hope for no rain so i don't get that dirty, sandy, wetness up my back....
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