Oh, Snap!

 

It worked again! I rode my bike yesterday.  Posting plans on blog is great

Not so great is my poor bike.  But let it be known blog, I will use your internet friend - the search engine (probably google) - to discover the ways of bicycle fixing.

I mentioned in my last post that my derailleur hanger snapped in half.  See:

Yeah, that's a story.  Well, the entertaining part of this story is that I pulled over on the shoulder after spotting an oh-so-shiny glimmer on the side of the road...and because I had to discover what it was, I then proceeded - quite ungracefully - to park my bike and slightly overloaded trailer (I was moving to Paihia from Kerikeri) on it's side.  Yeah, it more or less toppled over.  Good thing there was only a slight embankment off the shoulder rather than a treacherous cliff.

And then there was a snap.  that's right. and snap.  more like SNAP, actually.

Turns out the oh-so-shiny glimmer was a fifty cent piece.  I couldn't help but smile.  Really, laughing was the best reaction in this situation...for real.  it was.

Fifty cents.

And to keep a long story short, an older couple driving past saw me taking my bike apart (I had a spare hanger) and asked if I'd need a ride to Paihia.  In my younger years, I'd likely have declined - wanting to prove to myself that I had the ability to get my very own self out of this no-so-rainbows-butterflies-and-sunshine situation.  But in my wiser, older years - I pretty much said "for sure" in a heartbeat...but don't worry - I was very grateful and polite.

So the other funny (or not so funny) part of the story is that my brilliant self left my helmet in their car.  Which is why the borrowed helmet below makes me look like I should be given kid's menus again.

(Haruru Falls behind me and the helmet)

I will continue to choose this helmet out of the 10 or so I am able to borrow cause it's my favorite.  So as long as I don't get a new helmet in the near future, and I can figure out how to effectively alter the actions of my wonky but still working derailleur, we will all be seeing more of this cute little helmet in the photosharing world.

So that's it y'all - and as we say in the south, I'll be fixin' to fix my bike.  And below are some pics from my lovely little ride yesterday afternoon.

Have you reflected today?

Wairoa Bay

(10 points for you if you can guess that this is!)

(cause it's harder, 46 points if you know what this is)

(Peace...or High Five - you choose)