Guess what?? It’s here!

I stopped by Clever Cycles today to try to get a picture of my bike hanging on their wall, waiting to be Xtrafied, but I couldn’t, BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY BUILT! Just waiting for your saddle (a honey Brooks B17) to come in tomorrow. That’s OK, I can wait one more day. So I went home and shortly later the dude (Tyler) called to say that the saddles had come in late today, but there were no honeys. Damn. How ’bout if I come get the bike, then, and get the new saddle later? Sure, no prob.

So I changed into my narrow pants, hunted FOREVER for my keys, clipped the dogs onto their super cool new Shockles Petkeepers, and took off at a run. We got there just in the nick of time, but Tyler said he would have stayed open for me, since he knew I was coming. It took us about half an hour to run there, and I’m sure it’s 20 or 30 miles. Give or take.

Then I got the down low on the BikePortland Happy Hour tomorrow at the Hawthorne Lucky Lab (hey, I just realized I can take the dogs to that … hmmm) from Martina, and the girls and I rode home at a leisurely pace, for we had earned a leisurely pace after our 60 mile sprint to the store.

Now here we are, all 4 of us crammed into my tiny little apartment. The bike is just as long as the couch! I don’t really have a place to put it, so it’ll just sit in the middle of the room for now. I had made a spot for it, but the spot is somewhat diminutive compared to the bike. But what the hell! I’ve embarked on my Bicycle Lifestyle!


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