My New Project

Weekends are great when you get new toys. This weekend I was out at a friends birthday party when all of a sudden a friend arrived a bit late with a puzzled look on his face. I asked: "what's up" and he went on to tell me that he found an old bike on a Washington DC side street in a pile of rubbish and wanted to take it home desperately. Unfortunately, he knew that his wife would kick his A$$ if he collected another bike because he already has 3 bikes stored in their one and only spare bedroom. His wife was at the party too and fortunately she knew nothing of the fact that my boy had picked up that broken down bike, took it home, and stared at it in his living room for a good 15 minutes; envisioning himself stripping the bad boy down and putting it back together with fancy new components.

He knew it would be just the project to get him through the rest of the winter weeks.

Intelligently, he put the bike back in the pile where he found it so he could go on living as a happy married man!

So here he was standing at this party appearing that he had missed out on a great opportunity. He had that look of defeat written all over his face. Seeing an opportunity I said: "I could use a bike like that...and you and I could work on fixing it up in my basement!" After lots of begging, he and I really needed to do some convincing, his wife allowed him to pick that sucker up at close to 1:00 AM (after the party) and store it in his house for up to 24 hours. I went to pick it up at his house the next morning!

Now I am super psyched because it is just what I need to get around the city. I am thinking about turning it into a fixed gear bike, but we'll just have to wait and see how the project materializes. But one thing is for sure. It is really nice to have friends who can spot an opportunity. So here's a toast to my boy Sir Lancelot!