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Jun. 14th, 2002 10:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chaobell...and my bike is b0rken. I'll have to wait till next week to get it fixed. Might as well fix the brakes and get a new headlight while I'm at it.
I'm hell on bicycles, for some reason. This one's b0rken with:
--no headlight (bracket broke off)
--iffy brakes (one of the front pads either fell off or was stolen, and the back ones need a new cable)
--and the biggie...back wheel with about six spokes broken off at the hub. It started out as one spoke, after I ate it on the way home one evening. It is now warped such that it rubs against the brake pads and feels like I'm trying to pedal with the brakes halfway squeezed. Also, with that many spokes broken and more sure to follow, I'm not sure I trust it to hold up my fat ass.
--Not exactly b0rkage, but jesus god I need one of those gel seats. This seat makes me wonder HOW THE FUCK MEN CAN STAND TO RIDE BICYCLES.
The last one:
--b0rken when I got it so it might not count, but it had no shifter cables. Shifting was done by getting off and farting with the chain, or one time, by hitting a big bump.
--Several flat tires.
--The seat almost fell off one day while I was riding to the post office. I rode standing up to Mall-Wart, purchased a new seat, and walked it the half-block to Dad's so I would have access to tools to put it on.
The one before that--bought used, in decent shape. It was a 20-inch, though, so my knees were up by my ears half the time. Within a month:
--Both tires blew out.
--Chain fell off.
I ended up putting this one on the balcony with a "FREE" sign on it.
I'm hell on bicycles, for some reason. This one's b0rken with:
--no headlight (bracket broke off)
--iffy brakes (one of the front pads either fell off or was stolen, and the back ones need a new cable)
--and the biggie...back wheel with about six spokes broken off at the hub. It started out as one spoke, after I ate it on the way home one evening. It is now warped such that it rubs against the brake pads and feels like I'm trying to pedal with the brakes halfway squeezed. Also, with that many spokes broken and more sure to follow, I'm not sure I trust it to hold up my fat ass.
--Not exactly b0rkage, but jesus god I need one of those gel seats. This seat makes me wonder HOW THE FUCK MEN CAN STAND TO RIDE BICYCLES.
The last one:
--b0rken when I got it so it might not count, but it had no shifter cables. Shifting was done by getting off and farting with the chain, or one time, by hitting a big bump.
--Several flat tires.
--The seat almost fell off one day while I was riding to the post office. I rode standing up to Mall-Wart, purchased a new seat, and walked it the half-block to Dad's so I would have access to tools to put it on.
The one before that--bought used, in decent shape. It was a 20-inch, though, so my knees were up by my ears half the time. Within a month:
--Both tires blew out.
--Chain fell off.
I ended up putting this one on the balcony with a "FREE" sign on it.
