tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post3377479190802896288..comments2024-03-23T13:46:21.790-05:00Comments on Street Musician Daniel: The Wall Of ResistanceDaniel McKenna IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04157964564856145960noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-17503075923029002622016-11-22T01:57:27.213-06:002016-11-22T01:57:27.213-06:00Aren't bikes great? Modern bikes don't see...Aren't bikes great? Modern bikes don't seem to need a special tool to work on the brakes but some of the older ones do. In fact, out of the small collection of specialized bike tools I have, I've only used the pedal wrench. Even with the bikes that "need" a tool, you can improvise something, have someone hold the brakes for you while you work on them, etc. It's something like you have to hold them closed while you adjust the cable, and you can even wrap 'em up with a piece of old inner tube to do that. So there are ways... the tool just makes it easier/faster especially if cranking out work in a bike shop.<br /><br />Sick as I am, I did a brisk ride to downtown San Jose by way of a local shopping center to pick up halvah and marzipan for T'giving dinner and I'd swear, although walking is more arduous, there seems to be something about the greater range of motion used by the legs in pedaling a bike that's beneficial. I just feel better if I get my riding in.<br /><br />I dunno what to advise about the AIRBNB types. AIRBNB tends to attract the most obnoxious entitled assholes. Maybe Lilly is irritated by them also, and can do something. alex carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458022111793552536noreply@blogger.com