There’s always another expense…

About a year ago I fell off of my bicycle, and hurt myself quite badly.  I still have scars from when it happened on my left palm, left forearm, and right elbow.  Seriously.  Ow.  Anyway, I finally got the courage to try and repair my bike, and go out for a ride again.  I figured all I’d have to do was take the tire off of my dad’s bike (he said I could) and put it on mine, as well as adjust the handlebars.  Well after doing that (which was really quite fun, actually, and only took like 20 minutes to figure out how it worked) I also realized that I have to get one of the brake cables replaced, replace the reflector on the front, as well as replace the entire seat, as it got bent to all hell.

Furthermore, the front of the bike is kind of scratched up, and every time I get near it, I feel the pain from falling off of it again.  Ultimately, it really sucks, and I’m not sure what I’m going to do about it, as I’ve got no $ for a li’l while, but I needs ma’ exercise, and with Quin and Jeff having gotten longboards (yeah, they did that) it’d be nice to have some sort of… fast moving device of my own, as they always seem to want to go out on them, and they end up leaving me or Christa with the dog leash, as they claim they’re taking Cona (Quin’s dog.  Not sure about the spelling of the name.) for a walk, when in actuality, they’re having fun zooming this-and-that-a-way, whilst someone else holds a leash.

Anyway, let me get out of rant mode, and back into complaining mode, as I don’t want to replace my bike.  When we bought it at Canadian Tire a while ago, they assured us (us being me and my mom) that there’d be no problems with the bike due to my weight.  Shortly after that, we had to get a new seat, and a few other things got buggered up.  Now finally I bent the whole front rim, got a different wheel, totally scratched it up, etc…

It’s plenty ridable, but I’m not quite sure I’d want to, as I’m afraid I’m just too big for the bike.  My mom wants to buy a bike for herself now, so we can all go riding together, but mine jus’ isn’t going to work for me, so in a perfect world, I could give my mom my current bike (after she gets it adjusted for herself at a bike shop, etc) and go have a bike shop custom-build me a bike from all sorts of… “heavy duty” parts.  Parts that are designed for higher weight classes.  Wider seat, sturdier frame, etc.

But if I do that, I’m going to end up dropping $500 on a bike, and after just one fall (last time it was 3 falls, which is a new record for me) I’ll put it away for another year, and stop riding it.  That so isn’t going to work.

What to do, what to do…

April 25, 2008 · Filed Under Journal, Projects

Comments

9 Responses to “There’s always another expense…”

  1. Ronald McDonald on April 26th, 2008 11:59 am

    $500 on a bike, or $50 on Mario Kart.. Decisions decisions……………….

  2. The Lazy Canadian on April 27th, 2008 6:04 pm

    You can go right to hell, sir. I still have to find some cash for GTA IV. I have it on pre-order, and they’re going to have a copy of the Special Edition in for me on the 29th, and while I *had* the cash for it, I ended up spending it on lunches for the week, and my mom hasn’t reimbursed me for it yet, even though she said she would, and I asked her at the START of the month. I am pissed now, ’cause I doubt they’ll hold it for two days, ’cause that’s when I get mo’ cash. Furthermore, none of my friends can lend me any money, ’cause none of ‘em have $100, ‘cept for Christa, who doesn’t want to lend it to me. Not too upset about that, it’s understandable, but I want ma’ game. :(

  3. Ronald McDonald on April 30th, 2008 12:41 am

    Mario Kart works sooo much better online than SSBB! I’ve easily connected to world-wide races. I’m using my Dick Cheney Mii online — I’m sure that’s winning hearts and minds all around the world!

    Here’s hy I’m such a nice person.. :P In one game I actually was racing one-on-one against some chick in Japan. And she suuuuucked.. I mean, I’m not so good, and she’s worse than me! I felt so bad for her that I was tempted to let her win so she wouldn’t cry. She did a little better in the next race after a bunch of people joined, though.

    Can’t wait to use my Hillary Clinton Mii. :P

  4. The Lazy Canadian on April 30th, 2008 6:16 pm

    Nice dude. I’m considering buying it tomorrow. I had a chance to get it today, but decided to hold off, since I need to get GTA IV first, and make sure I have enough cash left over for MKWii after.

    Speaking of which, I got screwed over on the Grand Theft Auto front once more. They didn’t even have me on the list, even though I saw them put my name on it three weeks ago. I’m getting real sick of this place now.

    I can’t even get the special edition anymore, since no one has it, but all I wanted from it was the soundtrack. I guess I’ll just have to buy all the songs on iTunes. >.>

  5. Ronald McDonald on April 30th, 2008 11:19 pm

    Aww, sorry to hear you couldn’t get the special edition. At least you didn’t mace a GameStop employee and try to run off with a copy like that guy in New York. Not cool. ;)

    Let me know if you get MK! My friend code is 2341-6423-7624-74543-2436-6784-5841-4687-xcer-arhd-hawe

    I locked the Mii outfit, which wasn’t too difficult, so I’ll be able to race you as my George W., Dick Cheney, or Hillary Miis. :P

  6. Ronald McDonald on May 1st, 2008 10:09 pm

    “NobleArc got Mario Kart Wii and GTA IV.”

    WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!1111

  7. Ronald McDonald on May 1st, 2008 10:45 pm

    3437-3539-8369

  8. Ronald McDonald on May 2nd, 2008 11:01 pm

    ZOMG, I won my first online race!! +110 points!

  9. The Lazy Canadian on May 3rd, 2008 12:01 pm

    Congratumalations!

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