MORE TOOLS
So excited about the wrench. But nothing to wrench today. So I went to the bike shop (where I go at least once a week, and have for over five years) and asked Mike, “Where are the tools?” Socks, I know. East wall. Helmets, I know. Next door to socks. Handlebar tape, lights, water bottles, water bottle cages—I know these departments. It’s not a huge shop. Never before in the bike shop though had I seen any tools for sale.
Mike led me to an obvious and vast location in the center of the store and I sat down on the floor and read the wall of tools, top to bottom, left to right. Cool Ted brought over a bike stand. He showed how you hang your bike on it, so you can do fixy things to your bike while it hangs there, like a pelt. “You might be headed in this direction,” he said and he patted the stand. I can’t see this direction, but I am not afraid. I just don’t have tool vision yet. I have desire.
I bought a spoke wrench, which was on sale, for the future.
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