So everything hurts. Due to a very pleasant combination of some 24 hour bug I’ve come down with and soreness from my bike ride yesterday, I am sore a hell and generally feel like shit. Still had a good weekend overall. My bike broke, too, but I’m still feeling ok right now. Amazing the difference hanging out with a friend can make.
But yeah, about the bike. I was on the lake path down by Grand ave when all of a sudden my pedals start hitting the ground. Bad sign. I get off and lo and behold, the top tube is bent and the downtube is detatched from the head tube. Well shit. I had to take the train back home. While it no longer had the tape on it and this is obviously just fucked with in Photoshop, what you see above is essentially how the bike looked. And I’m sick right now anyway, so give me an effin break. :p I stripped off all the components I could get off myself, and then took the frame down to Performance Bike to have them pull off the crank and bottom bracket. They took the old frame off my hands and didn’t charge me for the mechanical work. Good people there.
And so now I’m down to one bike and no fixie. I may have already lined up a new frame, though, and if that doesn’t fall through, by the end of the week I might have a new frame. If I do, it’ll take about two hours to build up the new bike. I hope this works out – I’m addicted to riding fixed.
Work is definitely looking up right now. I’m already booked for 3 days next week and am on hold for two more. This is what I need – I just hope this week isn’t a fluke.
