The other day I hopped in my car to go to work turned the key and her the ominous click, click, click of a dead battery. (My back was sore, so sue me.)
Wonderful.
So I jumped on Blue Thunder and sprinted my way to work and still ended up getting there on time. I was incredibly sweaty, but at work on time.
This is just one of the wonderful things about knowing that you can get everything that you need to get done on your trusty bicycle. Instead of calling a tow truck, a cab or trying to get a ride from a friend all I had to do was ride down to the local auto repair shop to pick up a new battery for the car and lug that heavy sucker all the way back home. I even stopped off at the local bike shop to pick up a bike tool to add to my ever increasing collection of tools. Of course, I did get sneered at by one of the bike mechanics there, but that is really to be expected from any bike mechanic really.
It also gave me a chance to test out my bike handling with 40 pounds of extra weight in my basket, since I've been planning a little mini touring ride to Pilot Mountain.
Anyway good things happen on a bicycle.
Go mash some pedals.
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