10 August 2006
The Whining Stranger's Big List of Ultimate Fetish Objects and Talismans: Part 4
My bike.
The thrift store steal of a lifetime, I found this enviro-friendly vehicle at Goodwill for twenty bucks about a year and a half ago, and had to have it, not just for mobility's sake, but to complete the professorial cliche. It has one speed (pedal hard) and uses those old-school throw-your-pedal-in-reverse kind of brakes. (After riding a mountain bike for years, I admit I've nearly propelled myself into traffic for not having a feel for the pedal-brake). On days when I ride to campus I look forward to the end of the day, when I cruise through our residential neighborhood with the wind in my hair.
And I always pretend I'm George Plimpton, riding home from The Paris Review.
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2 comments:
I love it. I would prefer red for myself.
Word, EDW. Word.
I would bike to work, but Pittsburghers are crazy in their cars. No, I don't drive to work, silly! The bus is all right for me.
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