rim job
December 14, 2007
That’s right I need a rim job. Tonight I was riding home from my neighborhood bike store where I’d gone to repair the 2nd flat my back tire has suffered in just two weeks when I was hit by a car. Its fucked up. It was the drivers’ fault, and she was nice considering she had just run into the back of my bike, bending my back tire rim to where it won’t even roll. That’s the obvious damage. I don’t want to go in to any other details here. Paranoia about insurance, injuries, etc. I just called my mom in tears. Right now I’m grateful to be alive and super aware of how fragile we bike riders are when matched with a couple tons of steel and some serious horse power.
glad it’s a repairable thing on the bike and not you – that sucks. how do you find biking in portland generally? i just read something about a thriving bike economy because of the number of cyclists so i imagine a relatively comfortable environment. be safe.
i love biking in portland. it’s not europe, but it’s pretty comfortable, and beyond commuting there’s lots of opportunities to participate in bike culture here. and there are more bike stores than you can shake a stick at. you’d like it.