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by Kat

I'm super-glad that there's a bike shop right underneath my work. It gives me even more incentive to ride to work because I can keep it in good condition. Ya know, fill the tires, oil the chain, et cetera. My bike is an oldie but a goodie, a Schwinn Sidewinder that I won as a prize for perfect performance on my paper route in eighth grade. It's been through a lot but it's still kicking, primarily because I didn't ride it until college.

Since then, I've ridden it almost every day. But until now I hadn't ever changed out the mountain bike tires on this forty-pound sucker for road tires. Today, after huffing up a ten-block hill in first gear, I decided that it was time. So, after work, I went down to Performance Bicycle and got me some sweet-ass tires and a new set of head/tail lamps installed.

And ya know what's awesome? They only charged me for the parts and nothing for the labor, when tire/tube installs were clearly listed as $10 on the service board. Yeop. I chatted with the bike guys for about an hour and they made sure my old-skool ride was set to go in top shape.

The best thing, however, is that they've offered me secure parking in their shop. We don't really have the space in our office for a bike and I refuse to leave it outside in front of the theater where our usual crowds of meth-heads and vagrants will have access to it. So, hooray for being a girl and getting free labor and secure bike parking. Boobies rule!

Posted on February 06, 2006 @ 8:34 PM | 7 comments

Comments:

i don't think it was because of your boobies. no offense. the rest of you maybe.

By Anonymous, at 10:13 PM, February 06, 2006

Please choose a handle. I've stated numerous times that anonymous comments are rude and will be deleted.

By Kat, at 8:38 AM, February 07, 2006

Two things...

I think the person with the original "Anonymous" handle is correct. Since your first visist, the guys in the bike shop have invested heavily in BOD body spray with the hopes that you'll park your bike at their pad some day, if you catch my drift. Just my opinion as a guy.

And secondly, I'd suggest maybe tweaking the settings of your blog to ONLY allow Blogger member to comment on your blog. I know my blog has that setting through Blogger. It would both rid your blog of the dreaded Anonymous commenter AND free up the time it takes you to tell everyone they are a jackanape for posting Anonymously. My 2 cents.

By G-Rob, at 8:58 AM, February 07, 2006

G-Rob: I'm sure they've considered it, though they were nicely only chatty and polite-- not come-on-ish at all.

As for the comments, I've also considered that. However, a large number of my friends and readers are not blogger users and maintain their sites with WordPress and other utilities. It seems silly to force them to sign up for blogger to comment on my site. Besides, there will always be trolls under the bridge no matter what I do.

By Kat, at 10:18 AM, February 07, 2006

Have you ever noticed that when someone prefaces a statement with "no offence," they really mean, "I'm covering my ass because what I'm about to say will offend you"?

By Lilith, at 10:19 AM, February 07, 2006

I've noticed on my blog, that people who comment anonymously ALWAYS have something rude to say. I don't allow it at all - if people give a fake email address (like one guy posting offensive comments using anon@anon.com), I would just delete them.

It was TOTALLY YOUR TITS. Not so much that the bikeshopdudes want to TOUCH your tits, but that you have them. People seem to feel inclined to be nicer to women even if they don't want in to their pants. And yes, anon, even women who don't have DD's.

By Adrienne, at 2:32 PM, February 07, 2006

You're assuming two things: that the bike guys are hetero, and that they're attracted to women with your look/body type. I don't find that either of these are reasonable or fair assumptions to make. Perhaps consider that your boobies may have had nothing to do with the kindness they showed you.

By pipes, at 3:02 PM, February 08, 2006