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July 10, 2002
Of Broken Bikes
"Don't worry Chris, I've done this a thousand times." Famous last words. In this case, they are in reference to my fellow intern Bryant's experience putting bicycles into car trunks. He took the front and rear wheels off (quick release) and somehow wedged my bike into the trunk of his rented Alero. When we got back to my place we took the bike pieces out and assembled them. I waved good bye to Bryant as he sped away, then noticed how more tangled the chain looked than normal. Removing the rear wheel revealed a knot in the bike chain. A freakin' knot in the freakin' chain! I wondered how Bryant could have managed this as I shook my fist at his vanishing tail lights.
I angrily phoned him up and forced him to come over so the two of us could spent half and hour up to our elbows in grease trying to untangle this thing. We gave up around 11:30 pm and agreed to take the bike into Redmond Cycle where I had purchased it. The guy at the bike store took one look and asked how we had managed that. Sheepishly, we looked at our shoes. Three minutes later he had fixed it and sent us on our merry way, free of charge.