Bicycle: 6 Phnee: 1
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mousmeOkay, my bicycle is mocking me.
1- The bracket for my old u-lock doesn't fit my new u-lock. *grr* I had to put it in my pannier in order to take it with me this time. I will have to take apart the old bracket (which is rusted and thus going to be a bitch to do) and install the new one.
2- The little flashy-light thingies are fiddly and impossible to install properly, at least for a layperson such as myself. The front light hangs loose (thus pointing downward, which is unuseful in the extreme) and no amount of coaxing on my part could tighten it further. It's also composed of fiddly detachable bits, one of which flew out of my hands and onto the sidewalk two floors below me while I was trying to install it. The only mercy is that it didn't fall into the greenery that inhabits our front yard.
3- The rear light thingy fell off mid-transit (see: fiddly and impossible to install properly, above).
4- For the first time in my bike-riding career, the cuff of my favourite jeans got caught in the chain of my bicycle and tore spectacularly.
5- I swallowed two bugs. The first one got caught in my throat, so I ended up making very attractive choking/cat-puking noises. Charming.
Otherwise, I managed to make the round-trip to work and back in exactly one hour. Thirty-five minutes to get to work, twenty-five to get back.
6- I got back unscathed in spite of the asshole in the black Ford F250 who deliberately tried to run me off the road on Rose de Lima, but then my body rebelled right after I wrestled my bike up the stairs. I abandoned the bike outside on my balcony, and downed a litre of water and Gatorade in the space of about two minutes. I've been sitting in front of my fan, recuperating. I feel better now.
On the whole, I am counting this as a win, though mitigated. Now I am off to see a movie. :)
1- The bracket for my old u-lock doesn't fit my new u-lock. *grr* I had to put it in my pannier in order to take it with me this time. I will have to take apart the old bracket (which is rusted and thus going to be a bitch to do) and install the new one.
2- The little flashy-light thingies are fiddly and impossible to install properly, at least for a layperson such as myself. The front light hangs loose (thus pointing downward, which is unuseful in the extreme) and no amount of coaxing on my part could tighten it further. It's also composed of fiddly detachable bits, one of which flew out of my hands and onto the sidewalk two floors below me while I was trying to install it. The only mercy is that it didn't fall into the greenery that inhabits our front yard.
3- The rear light thingy fell off mid-transit (see: fiddly and impossible to install properly, above).
4- For the first time in my bike-riding career, the cuff of my favourite jeans got caught in the chain of my bicycle and tore spectacularly.
5- I swallowed two bugs. The first one got caught in my throat, so I ended up making very attractive choking/cat-puking noises. Charming.
Otherwise, I managed to make the round-trip to work and back in exactly one hour. Thirty-five minutes to get to work, twenty-five to get back.
6- I got back unscathed in spite of the asshole in the black Ford F250 who deliberately tried to run me off the road on Rose de Lima, but then my body rebelled right after I wrestled my bike up the stairs. I abandoned the bike outside on my balcony, and downed a litre of water and Gatorade in the space of about two minutes. I've been sitting in front of my fan, recuperating. I feel better now.
On the whole, I am counting this as a win, though mitigated. Now I am off to see a movie. :)
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Date: 2008-07-13 02:40 pm (UTC)can go around your pant leg. it not only keeps you safer (because of the reflectors) but keeps your pantleg out of the way.
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Date: 2008-07-13 04:48 pm (UTC)*sigh*