This video is safe for work - I don't curse or squeal.
The Linus Dutchie 1 may not be out to sabotage me, but her chain guard is trying to kill me.
I didn't know how to convey this in photos so I found last night's episode a good time to make a video explaining. Despite how I explain the problem in the video - this has happened to me a handful of times. It happened tonight around 10pm when I was riding home from seeing Gloria Steinem at 92Y, but that's for another post.
I was pretty pissed off that this happened to me, and I had to pull off to a desolate sidewalk to fix it anyway, so I whipped out my camera and made a video. No one will jump or rob you if you are making a video of yourself cursing out your bicycle.
-But my initial video has me saying some tangy curse words and it was pretty dark, so I went home where there was better light and made this clean edit video.
The Linus Dutchie not only has a rust reputation online now, it's going to have a temperamental, sabotaging chain guard reputation too if this story gets out.
I don't explain it thoroughly, but I owned this bike the whole summer before I needed to wear ankle-covering or real shoes. This first happened in a pair of high-tops. The first few months I owned this bike, I just wore flats or skippies AKA keds.
I'm not giving up on this bike, yet, but I need to find a solution to this.
Cuz' she tryin' to Kill Me!
The Linus Dutchie 1 may not be out to sabotage me, but her chain guard is trying to kill me.
I didn't know how to convey this in photos so I found last night's episode a good time to make a video explaining. Despite how I explain the problem in the video - this has happened to me a handful of times. It happened tonight around 10pm when I was riding home from seeing Gloria Steinem at 92Y, but that's for another post.
I was pretty pissed off that this happened to me, and I had to pull off to a desolate sidewalk to fix it anyway, so I whipped out my camera and made a video. No one will jump or rob you if you are making a video of yourself cursing out your bicycle.
-But my initial video has me saying some tangy curse words and it was pretty dark, so I went home where there was better light and made this clean edit video.
The Linus Dutchie not only has a rust reputation online now, it's going to have a temperamental, sabotaging chain guard reputation too if this story gets out.
I don't explain it thoroughly, but I owned this bike the whole summer before I needed to wear ankle-covering or real shoes. This first happened in a pair of high-tops. The first few months I owned this bike, I just wore flats or skippies AKA keds.
I'm not giving up on this bike, yet, but I need to find a solution to this.
Cuz' she tryin' to Kill Me!
