The check engine light prompted us to get an oxygen sensor replaced. Seems like a racket- a small part that seems programed to fail and cost $250 to replace even after shopping around, getting a discount, and hiring a neighbor to do the dirty-work. Anyway, this left us with one fewer car than drivers for a day. How did we ever survive?
I knew the weather was going to be wet, so I planned ahead, wore clothes that would dry quickly, put fenders on my bike, and wore my best rain coat.
I felt I was getting back to my ecologically sound Oregonian core. I was thinking about how I was going to brag to my office partner. But then I saw his bike as I went to park mine.
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| Dr Brandon Hull, all weather cyclist |
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| Future time trialist? |
The other car is now fixed, I'm back to driving my favorite little old Accord. The son of one of my other partners, Matt Robinson, is back from his mission to Minnesota- that's some difficult weather for bike riding. We rode together several times before his mission, me on my noisy steel bike with Campagnola components, but it fit me poorly, suffered from intractable derailleur noise, and the back breaks haven't worked since I ran over the tire with the car. Matt took pity on me and gave me a Cannondale Aluminum bike that he had put together. It's old, but hardly used- I love it.
