Hello, friends!
Well, the end of the semester is here and I am up in Iowa for Regional Staff Conference with coworkers from Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. From here I will be heading to South Dakota to spend a week with my (extremely beautiful and wondeful) girlfriend's family before heading to California for Christmas, New Years, and the start of 2012!
All this means that I will not be pedaling anytime soon. So, I will be on a bit of a hibernation. Fear not, friends! Penny Peddling will be back before you know it! Until then, take solice in these last few stats:
Places traveled last week: Campus a few times, Home, Bread Co. and Plasma.
Distance traveled: 12.1 miles ($1.03)
Meters: Downtown 6 hours ($3.60) + Campus 3 hours ($3.00)
Total: $7.63
Grand Total: $127.14
Left to Save: $447.49
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and, as always, happy biking!
~Adam
The story of a guy trying to rationalize the money he spent on his bike and other random thoughts.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Ah, my kingdom for a cap!!!
Hello, friends!
I am in no way a Shakespeare buff but I know a few things here and there. One phrase that I have heard time and time again is "My kingdom for a horse!" You can watch Al Pacino nail the line here. (Start at the 4:00 mark). The line is from Richard III. From what I understand, Richard is in battle and loses his horse. Well, no horse means you have to walk. And walking means it's harder to get away. Meaning you're more likely to get killed in battle. This may be interpretation, seeing as how I've never actually seen the play, but that sounds about right, doesn't it?
So what does Richard III have to do with my bike? Was I in battle and couldn't get away because my bike was off somewhere? No, not quite.
One of the things that I like about Sulu is that he has a quick release front tire. This makes it much easier for me to take the front tire off and fit him into my car so I can take him to Saint Louis. Actually, when I was looking to first buy a bike, I was first looking at folding bikes for this very reason. I'm glad I didn't overspend on something I didn't need. Anyway, the way that the tire works is that it has
this bad boy running through the tire. The hook looking thing is a lever that allows me to tighten and untighten the screw. The cap on the end acts like a nut, keeping the screw from falling out of the tire. It's a pretty simple contraption, but quite handy.
A few weeks ago I was in Saint Louis with Sulu and getting ready to go on a ride, except I wasn't. MY TIRE HAD LOST ITS CAP! There was no way that I was going to ride with a front tire that was not fastened properly. This was a very bad thing. The cap could have been anywhere. The day before I had taken the front tire out of the car (but not fastened it) so I could move some things around so I could have dropped it then. It could have been somewhere in my trunk, but with all the junk I have in there, trying to find it would have been a lost cause.
This all happened the day before I left on a trip to the East Coast so there wasn't anything really I could do about it. I enjoyed my Thanksgiving with the fam (including my adorable niece), came back to Missouri, and drove home.
Guess what I found in my driveway when I returned. My cap!!! My guess is that when I first unscrewed the thing to put the tire in the car it fell off then. Thankfully, there was no rain or high winds to wash it away. Hooray!
Here are the stats for today. It's been a while since I've riden due to some traveling, so today felt great!
Places traveled: Subway, campus
Distance traveled: 3.5 miles ($.29)
Meters: None
Total for the day: $.29
Grand Total: $119.51
Left to save: $455.12
Happy biking!
~Adam
I am in no way a Shakespeare buff but I know a few things here and there. One phrase that I have heard time and time again is "My kingdom for a horse!" You can watch Al Pacino nail the line here. (Start at the 4:00 mark). The line is from Richard III. From what I understand, Richard is in battle and loses his horse. Well, no horse means you have to walk. And walking means it's harder to get away. Meaning you're more likely to get killed in battle. This may be interpretation, seeing as how I've never actually seen the play, but that sounds about right, doesn't it?
So what does Richard III have to do with my bike? Was I in battle and couldn't get away because my bike was off somewhere? No, not quite.
One of the things that I like about Sulu is that he has a quick release front tire. This makes it much easier for me to take the front tire off and fit him into my car so I can take him to Saint Louis. Actually, when I was looking to first buy a bike, I was first looking at folding bikes for this very reason. I'm glad I didn't overspend on something I didn't need. Anyway, the way that the tire works is that it has
this bad boy running through the tire. The hook looking thing is a lever that allows me to tighten and untighten the screw. The cap on the end acts like a nut, keeping the screw from falling out of the tire. It's a pretty simple contraption, but quite handy. A few weeks ago I was in Saint Louis with Sulu and getting ready to go on a ride, except I wasn't. MY TIRE HAD LOST ITS CAP! There was no way that I was going to ride with a front tire that was not fastened properly. This was a very bad thing. The cap could have been anywhere. The day before I had taken the front tire out of the car (but not fastened it) so I could move some things around so I could have dropped it then. It could have been somewhere in my trunk, but with all the junk I have in there, trying to find it would have been a lost cause.
This all happened the day before I left on a trip to the East Coast so there wasn't anything really I could do about it. I enjoyed my Thanksgiving with the fam (including my adorable niece), came back to Missouri, and drove home.
Guess what I found in my driveway when I returned. My cap!!! My guess is that when I first unscrewed the thing to put the tire in the car it fell off then. Thankfully, there was no rain or high winds to wash it away. Hooray!
Here are the stats for today. It's been a while since I've riden due to some traveling, so today felt great!
Places traveled: Subway, campus
Distance traveled: 3.5 miles ($.29)
Meters: None
Total for the day: $.29
Grand Total: $119.51
Left to save: $455.12
Happy biking!
~Adam
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