BIKE!

So I got some kind of sketchy responses to my "I need a bike" craigslist ad. Like people saying they had five or six, I could have any one of them for $20... I mean, why not just say "I stole some bikes, I'll sell ya one?" I also got a response saying that someone had a bike and he wasn't sure he wanted to sell it, and he wasn't sure it was big enough for me, but maybe he would....

And then I got a response from a guy who said he had a safe, rideable, non-fancy bike, a kind of 50's style repro (took me a minute to figure out that repro was short for reproduction), and he could bring it by, since he was a pool maintenace guy and had a job in my area.

I called him up and asked how much he wanted for it.

Oh, he said, there's no price. You can have it. I got it for my wife, but she doesn't ride it much, and you want to ride to class... I have a daughter in college. She loves having a bike. So I'll bring it by, I can meet you someplace in the neighborhood, and if you want it, take it, and if you don't want it, I'll take it away, no hard feelings.

I was like, um? What planet am I on? This is awesome!!

Two days later, I met him in the parking lof of the Four Points hotel two blocks away, and he gave me my AWESOME bike! And I rode away on it, into the sunset. The end.

Stay tuned to hear about my interesting encounter with Sandy the Sidewinder. Mmm, mascots.