Comments (1) Just some food for thought:
Supposing the US did not attempt to invade other countries and gain control/influence over their oil supplies and the result of not doing so would be that the general populace would have to ease their reliance on the automobile.
How many more people do you suppose would be supportive of an invasion of Iraq given that scenario?
Due to the recent demise of my 1968 Raleigh Grand Prix, I really haven’t been bicycle riding much. By demise, I mean that every time I took it out for a short spin something would break! It got so that I didn’t really want to risk riding it, or going through the pains of listening to it creak as I rode.
Upon hearing of my plight, a coworker mentioned that she had an old 10 speed her husband had left outside to rust after purchasing a new bicycle. She kindly brought it into work where it sat for a week while I figured the best way to move it.
First attempt involved inflating the tires – they where both flat. This resulted in the air shooting straight back out on the back wheel! The valve was missing the center-pin entirely, which I neglected to notice at first. The front tire inflated with no problem but it turned out to have a slow leak and was flat by the next morning.
No problem, grabbed an inner-tube out of my Raleigh’s front wheel and replaced the totally dead one at work. Inflated both tires, adjusted the seat and started peddling up the road a bit to my girlfriend’s house. It sat there overnight and I strapped it to a bus in the morning and hauled it home for the real work to begin.
The bike is a 1970′s (I think) model of Sekine, made in Canada. Let me tell you, this thing was in rough shape. Rust was making it’s insidious way around the bike, and more than a few parts where inhabited by dead spiders and seized. I’ve dealt with worse – you should have seen the Raleigh ten years ago, wow.
It’s been two weeks and a pretty penny spent on new tires, inner-tubes, grips and a headlight. However, the bike now rides great and has already been under my butt for a few hundred kilometers… Oh, which is where all my free time has been lately – hence the lack of posting.
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