Well I finally dug my bike out on Saturday and been out twice since. Now I’m all sore due to the fact that I was lazy over the winter and didn’t use the same muscles… I can’t sit comfy and I’m sore all over. It was fun though I enjoyed it when I wasn’t racing the bus through the bus trap to avoid getting run over.
My stupid chain guard on my bike is bent though… the chain slipped off today when I started riding and got so stuck between the gear and guard that I had to removes most of the bolts from the guard to get it unstuck and put the chain back on. Despite cleaning my hands well they are still dark in places from grease (and ink from the exploding pen Sunday but that’s something else.)
Thanks to one of the nuts sticking I leaned forward to see if it was starting to loosen… well the wrench slipped and I got whacked right next to my eye and I’ve got a nice bruise forming. It doesn’t really hurt (Unless I press on it of course) but it’s annoying. At least my bike is okay now and I can use again.
Anyone have anything interesting to tell about their biking travails? Or perhaps just commiseration would be nice… I have to explain my eye to everyone tomorrow now. That will be fun. I hope they don’t think I got beat up.