THAR BE SNOW, I say, thar be snow! However, you may say, why is a perfectly good bike in the back of the pickup? Have I regained my senses, and decided to bring the bike home and use the perfectly good F-150 "Snow Cat edition" pickup to commute?
Oh HELL no.
See, our minivan yesterday decided it was going to be the worst character ever. My wife called me a little bit after three as the van decided that it no longer liked it's front tire, thankfully in the driveway at home. So off I went to pick up the kiddos, then came home to take the tire off, take it to the tire store, then bring it back. Whilst putting it back on at 6pm, in the dark, somehow things went south. Probably a combination of cold metal, cold Ben, and dark made one of the lugnuts go on crooked.. and it just went downhill from there. Now it has four tightened lug nuts, and one stripped out wheel stud. Tomorrow at 8am it has an appointment with the van doctor, who will replace the wheel stud (one of those mechanical things I can't do on my own, I don't have a press and well.. it's freaking cold).
So to cure it all, I have my bike. I'll ride it home tonight, then throw it in the back of the van and ride it to work tomorrow after dropping the van off. With the amount of snow that continues to fall, I'm guessing it's going to be a fun ride home :).
Of course when I tell people what I'm planing on doing, they look at my pickup, they look at me and I get.. the look. Hey, I may be insane, I get that. But at least I have a smile on my face, right?
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