Pedal Strike

It’s Valentine’s Day!!!

The above statement actually means nothing to me, but I figure I should just put it out there. Okay, that’s not entirely true; I did give out kisses [chocolate ones, only!] to my favorite bike mechanics.

Having thrown my chain twice in the past 24 hours, I hustled to IBC today to pick up that new pink chain, and possibly a new chainring. Chris worked on my bike again, mentioning how he had changed the chainring bolts a few days ago:

Chris: They were too long for the chainring so her chainring was wobbling.

Me: Yeah there was a chain guard on there earlier. But I didn’t put that chainring on…but…yeah…

Eric: But someone did.

Me: …yeah….

Me and Eric: …….

Eric: ….that was such a classic “my boyfriend knows so much about bikes” moment.

So true. And so appropriate on Valentine’s Day. So maybe this might be appropriate too:

I’m actually going to give this away. That’s right. Free. Shipping included in the word “free.”

What do you have to do? Well, send me your best bike-related Valentine’s Day story. Or the craziest bike-related thing you’ve done for someone that you <3. You'll obviously have to be okay with your entry - if it wins - being posted on this site, but other than that, all you have to do is send in your story!

The deadline is February 28th. Yup, you have until the end of the month. So get emailing!

In terms of logistics, you might notice that the hat isn’t 100% done. That’s because I will resize it if you don’t have a huge head. It’s made right now to fit people with larger heads [about 24 inches around] so mostly everyone can submit a story and not have to worry about the hat not fitting.

Good luck!

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