Bean Long
May 31st 06, 12:14 AM
What a shocker last night. Thanks for the heads up Aeek, otherwise I
might have taken another hour to get home!
All's well until I get to Parliament (Capital Circle) where I picked up
a freakin nail as I came out of the tunnel. Bugger! Two spare tubes
and patch kits so no panic. Lighting not very good there so it takes me
a good 15 mins to detach my attachments (ooh!) replace the tube,
reattach everything and get back on the bike. Low and behold my spare
is flat! Bugger! Repeat the above. I'm only in my knicks and two
jerseys and the temp is dropping. Another 15 mins changing tubes
(detaching and reattaching lights etc.). Then I lose a few things in
the dark and take even longer to get going.
In the meantime, five other bikes go past and not one asks if I need
help. I didn't need help but it would have been nice to see if anyone
else cared! (sob). I always ask if someone has stopped... is it just me??!
Anyway, phone home to say I'm not under a car or anything (eldest son is
waiting for his bedtime stories etc. and is late for bed). Have to get
going, so take off into the cold. Temp must be getting near zilch as I
head off and I'm not getting any warmer. I get to Deakin and recall a
warning Aeek gave me about the Cotter exit (glass and debris
everywhere), so go slow. Another puncture now and I'm in for
hypothermia! Luckily manage to avoid any additional punctures. Phew!
Just passing the mint I get a gush of cold air dropping off Red Hill
(usually colder along this strip in the evening, even in summer) and I
find myself screaming "F$ck that's cold!" at the top of my lungs.
Finally make it home about 1.5 hours after leaving work (which I did
late last night... so not happy!). Many thanks for the warning Aeek,
you saved me from frostbite!
BTW Aeek, I saw the aftermath of the bingle at the Cotter exit the night
before (I should therefore have warned you!). It held up traffic on
Adelaide all the way back to Parliament. Nice feeling going past 100's
of cars on Adelaide!
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Bean "warmer"
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might have taken another hour to get home!
All's well until I get to Parliament (Capital Circle) where I picked up
a freakin nail as I came out of the tunnel. Bugger! Two spare tubes
and patch kits so no panic. Lighting not very good there so it takes me
a good 15 mins to detach my attachments (ooh!) replace the tube,
reattach everything and get back on the bike. Low and behold my spare
is flat! Bugger! Repeat the above. I'm only in my knicks and two
jerseys and the temp is dropping. Another 15 mins changing tubes
(detaching and reattaching lights etc.). Then I lose a few things in
the dark and take even longer to get going.
In the meantime, five other bikes go past and not one asks if I need
help. I didn't need help but it would have been nice to see if anyone
else cared! (sob). I always ask if someone has stopped... is it just me??!
Anyway, phone home to say I'm not under a car or anything (eldest son is
waiting for his bedtime stories etc. and is late for bed). Have to get
going, so take off into the cold. Temp must be getting near zilch as I
head off and I'm not getting any warmer. I get to Deakin and recall a
warning Aeek gave me about the Cotter exit (glass and debris
everywhere), so go slow. Another puncture now and I'm in for
hypothermia! Luckily manage to avoid any additional punctures. Phew!
Just passing the mint I get a gush of cold air dropping off Red Hill
(usually colder along this strip in the evening, even in summer) and I
find myself screaming "F$ck that's cold!" at the top of my lungs.
Finally make it home about 1.5 hours after leaving work (which I did
late last night... so not happy!). Many thanks for the warning Aeek,
you saved me from frostbite!
BTW Aeek, I saw the aftermath of the bingle at the Cotter exit the night
before (I should therefore have warned you!). It held up traffic on
Adelaide all the way back to Parliament. Nice feeling going past 100's
of cars on Adelaide!
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Bean "warmer"
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