Quicksilver
Sometime in the 1980's Hollywood discovered the bike messenger, and decided to immortalize this "dying breed, urban maverick" in film. And so they gilded the model in a Kevin Bacon vehicle entitled Quicksilver. Ghastly.
So what does all this have to do with me? Well I bought a bicycle yesterday. With my car not in the best of shape and the future uncertain at work, I thought the smart thing to do would be to avoid buying a car right away and instead waiting on that. In addition of course there is the salubrious effects of riding my bike to and from work on a semi-regular basis. I won't bore you with discussions of the extra baggage I am carrying around these days, but the light biking should help, so long as I don't start stuffing my face. Phat Munkay and Beogle, if you're reading this, I know we discussed the idea of a bike in the bay area and you opined that this was a nice suicide machine. Having said all that, though, I think I'll just give it a try.
Want to know what I got? Drop me a line!
Comments
Yes I want to know what you got!
Also - since I seem to be posting to ALL of your recent posts, I'll add that the Ler recently shouted down one of those Quicksilver A-Holes in SF recently. His voice boomed down Market street turning the heads of many a be-suited Joe and Joette - "You're STILL considered a vehicle so slow the f*ck down!!!"
I always wanted to ride over people's cars. I saw a guy do that once.
I almost wrecked off roading in Berkeley the other day. But somehow caught my bike and myself before I got what my doctor would call a "dirty wound" - and of COURSE two very cute males in a pickup truck saw me do it. I got a compliment of "good catch!" but there was too much smiling. I'm fairly sure I looked dorky.
Good luck to you! How exciting!
Posted by: Boegle | September 16, 2006 3:55 PM
It's a Gary Fisher Advance. It's not so bad, except ... well read the post from Friday the 15th.
Posted by: Lo Fat Mo | September 17, 2006 8:55 PM
"The go anywhere, ready anytime bicycle"
Wow! Sounds like a hot date...
I like the silver fade. Looks really nice.
I have a theory that you have to have a wreck or two when you start riding after you haven't for a while. The experience makes one more careful, maybe. That and you realize that if you wreck, motorists will swerve to run over your crumpled, twisted body to get through an intersection or into a parking garage.
Ah, city life.
Posted by: Boegle | September 18, 2006 12:38 AM
Yeah, the crash was inevitable I suppose but still I was hoping I could avoid it in general. The thing of it is that it did not actually happen inthe city so much as the so-called suburbs.
Posted by: Lo Fat Mo | September 18, 2006 10:58 AM
Let's just say "Welcome to an area populated by 15 million people"
I'm surprised zombies didn't run up and start eating your wounded leg.
Posted by: boegle | September 19, 2006 1:46 PM
So much for compassionate conservatives ...
Posted by: Lo Fat Mo | September 19, 2006 2:01 PM