Priorities or a 911...Who Knew...

     Something happened to my friend and I...and we both had a panic in our eye...You see my car could need a oil change this weekend and I'll postpone it to the next weekend or the weekend after... better yet...at this moment my passenger side back tire has a slow leak and instead of repairing it...I just put air in it and I'll get to it someday...like mowing the lawn..I'll get to it soon attitude...
     But my bike..it jumps right to the front line...ASAP is not soon enough...I treat it like a first born...I like my car its great...useful and I do need it...but my bike...totally different...its like a extension of my body and when I"m on it and riding my bike we hit a rhythm that propels my body to a new gear...I'm sorry but only a person who rides a bike on a regularly would understand...I know my family doesn't...
    You see I went for a ride today...towards the end of the ride...the battery died...I said that "Sucks"...So at the end of the ride I had to ask friend how many miles were on his speedometer...cause this year I'm trying to see how many miles I can ride this year...So that being said...I knew I had to get a replacement asap...there was a panic...that I couldn't ride till I do...I did...I can sleep now...
    My friend Ray is been doing a great job commuting to work by bicycle...about 4 out of 5 days...on his ride back on Friday his front tire was low...he didn't worry at first...thinking he would put air in it later...When he got home he notice it was flat...He said to himself I'll patch it no problem...but that was a problem it didn't take...he was busy on Saturday...so later in the day we were trying to find some tubes for his bike...His bike take a unusual size..4 bike shops later and with a sense of urgency... he found some he thought about buying all of them...but resisted and only bought 2...
    We both felt better by the end of Sunday...We are back on track...by the way I'll fix that tire soon I promise...