Some days biking and dealing with bikes are more interesting than others. Yesterday was one such day.  Riding to work through Loring Park I spotted a woman riding a brighter bike than mine, which is an accomplishment (good or bad, you decide).  She was riding a watermellon bike mostly flourescent green with pink wheels and other parts.  I thought it looked great and would’ve loved to seen it closer but chasing down woman has never been a good way to start off with someone.  Hopefully I will see her again.  It would be hard to miss her.

Then, at work we found a YouTube video a couple of years old of Jameson at the old store.  It is short but great because he says how great it is to work at a shop in a very eloquent way.  It is always good to realize how good you have it.

At the bike shop we had a problem I have never seen before.  A fellow worker who will remain anonymous (his name starts with a K) managed to get a ratchetting wrench stuck in between the frame and the kickstand that he just installed.  As the bolt was tightened the wrench moved down and was pinched between the frame and bolt.  This was a new bike so we had to be careful to remove it.  Luckily the owner was very kind and went to have dinner while we dealt.  After a couple of failed tries and destroying the tool we cut a slot in the end of the bolt and loosened it with a screwdriver.  An hour to put on a kickstand is embarrasing but it was a good learning experience.  Never use a ratchetting wrench (Pedros in particular) to install kickstands.

After work I was coming home on the Midtown Greenway thinking too hard when I was passed by another biker.  He slowed down in front of me which seemed odd.  He had a mini boom box strapped on his bag and gave me a minute or two of our own personal sound track and then took off again into the night.  I enjoyed it whole heartedly and love the fact he was buzzing around just to give a little bit of pleasure to strangers.

Kingston