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blamebramptonApparently, about a week ago, I sleepwalked out to the computer and put a bid on a 1980s Japanese road bike on eBay. Which was very reasonably priced! and which I expected to go much higher than my bid. Guess what I am picking up on the weekend?
I promise to only ride it like a hipster – slowly and on the footpath ;-)
In news that will surprise no one, I was walking home from spin class tonight when I was nearly bowled over by a car coming out of the Carriageworks driveway. I gave a brief lecture on the illegality of cutting off pedestrians on pavements and the lack of right of way cars enjoy in such spaces. He looked deeply chastened, and mildly concerned that I might beat him with the foam massage roller I was carrying and unconsciously using to punctuate my exclamations. Thinking back, I probably should have.
Massage roller itself EXCELLENT for shoulder/arm soothing, though!
I promise to only ride it like a hipster – slowly and on the footpath ;-)
In news that will surprise no one, I was walking home from spin class tonight when I was nearly bowled over by a car coming out of the Carriageworks driveway. I gave a brief lecture on the illegality of cutting off pedestrians on pavements and the lack of right of way cars enjoy in such spaces. He looked deeply chastened, and mildly concerned that I might beat him with the foam massage roller I was carrying and unconsciously using to punctuate my exclamations. Thinking back, I probably should have.
Massage roller itself EXCELLENT for shoulder/arm soothing, though!
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Date: 2012-07-18 07:05 pm (UTC)How many bikes is too many, again?
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Date: 2012-07-19 02:08 pm (UTC)I'll point out that I saved us both by being highly suspicious about the monk, and instead of thanking me, she turned to me and said 'IT'S YOU! They're after YOU!'
A year or two later she was telling this story as we walked down the local high street with Treacle's Blondie, he was laughing far too much and she had not even finished talking as I watched a taxi on the road alongside us lose control for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON, crash into two stopped cars and mount the footpath behind us, narrowly missing everyone.
I had my phone out and was calling emergency services while they were still gaping and looking at me in horror. Experience tells.
One can never have too many bikes! And I am going to give the pub bike to a backpacker, so then I will only have one of each type!
(One day I will have a library of bikes in assorted sizes, for all my friends!)