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in particular her used bike tyre pieces and the essay about her practice by Paul B. Preciado.
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Feb 5, 2024

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i bought this magnificent bike on facebook marketplace for $55.55. I’d been wanting one for a while, shooting forgettable ā€˜is this available’’s to every few bike postings I’d see.
This bike spoke to me because she has a story. She’d been sitting in the storage unit of the woman selling it for 10 years.
here’s the catch: the woman selling it never actually used the bike. the actual owner of the bike was a friend of the seller, who’d bought the bike with the intention of sobriety , hoping the bike would ease off her smoking problem. she’d only just started using the bike when she got transferred to work in Hawaii, leaving the bike behind.
so, the years went by. while people freeze-danced to Black Beetles by Rae Sremmurd, underwent a global pandemic, badly lipsynced to Despacito, elected an orange president not once but twice, and entered a brat-loving recession…
the bike kept waiting.
for me!!!
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she’s rusty and has flat tires, but her gears are in great shape! nothing can stop us from joyriding the west coast this summer. She’s so worth the after-work/employment search hours I spend on my slice of a balcony :) I’m going to show her (and myself) that good things are worth the wait šŸ’–
Patience, persistence & WD40 is all it takes :)
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no hands, wind in your face, sun on yr skin, bops in yr ears. bikes remind you that yr alive, the travelling reminds you that you live in a place
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In 2021 I bought a shitty 80s road bike for about $300 from this guy named Richard who lives in Ditmas Park— I wrote about him here. This purchase sparked a love for biking that has become a borderline obsession ever since, and after validating that this hobby wouldn’t be short lived, I finally upgraded my bike last spring. There are a dizzying amount of factors when it comes to selecting a bike, but at some point I caught the bikepacking bug from this lovely Instagram page @genosac. Their account is just a couple of people in Minneapolis who go on these weekend camping trips while riding through national forests, and they upload perfectly soundtracked edits that just radiate good times. It’s infectious. I spend 95% of my time in New York City so I’m not sure how much bikepacking I’ll actually end up doing, but I ended up getting a ā€œgravel bikeā€ / ā€œall terrain bikeā€ from a smaller East Coast brand called Crust. The exact model is a lighter steel frame called the Lightning Bolt and a friend (@photo.realism) helped me pick out components + put it all together. I have it pretty decked out, but that’s nerd stuff that doesn’t belong here. I love it, it’s my baby, and I’ve already put close to 500 miles on it since May. I’m constantly looking forward to my next ride whether it’s a 20 mile rip before work, a 10 minute errand ride, or an all-day beach adventure with friends. It gets me outside, keeps me in shape, gets me with friends, and shows me parts of the city that I probably would have never went on foot.
My loud n’ proud love of cycling has led to many a friend catching the bug as well, so let me know if you need any help or have questions. I’d love to pay it forward.
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