John’s bike is pretty old. He’s had it at least since 1998, when he used it to get to his summer job in Connecticut when we were in school, and he probably had had it for a while at that point. (I’ve only had my bike since 2004, I think.) Anyway, sometime last week, he noticed that one of his pedals was coming loose. It was wobbly, and he couldn’t tighten it with any tools he has. There’s a bike shop right by our gym, so we biked over there after work today, figuring we’d go to the gym once the pedal was fixed. Of course, the pedal fell off about halfway there, and you just can’t ride a bike with only one pedal (John tried), so we walked the rest of the way (it wasn’t far). Naturally, fixing it is not as simple as replacing the pedal, so John left the bike at the shop. I think they have to order some parts – his bike is either old enough or non-standard enough that they just don’t have whatever it is he needs. Still cheaper to repair than to buy a new bike, though.
This would be necessary if either of us were capable of running….grumble grumble grumble.
Well, yes it would. We bike to get places around here. Never mind.
(Grumble).