Activity: Short (but hilly!) 11 mile ride out of Conte's Bethesda.
Partner: The long suffering Michelle from GoMDgirlGo
Location: Second hill, of many.
I am pathetic. I cannot get this freakingfracking chain back on! But I'm digging this greasemonkey look.
You want grease? I got grease.
Cute cyclist-dude stops to help. Takes him 10 seconds. I am happy happy happy! Is there anywhere I don't have grease?? (No, not really. You'd be surprised.) We cut our 11-mile ride very short. I left the bike at Conte's Bethesda for their spring race tune up ($75!), but sadly, did not remember that I was wearing bike shoes and my car was parked 6 blocks away.
So I did what any normal person would do: I walked 6 blocks in my socks, past the tony shops and chic diners lining the sidewalks of Bethesda Row.
What, you think that's WEIRD?
*No, really, you should have!
19 comments:
covering yourself with scented oils is not the same as bike grease. when will you learn. wait. you got a cutie to help you. maybe you are onto something.
did you hold the back of your wrist to your forehead? show him a hint of ankle?
but your sunglasses ROCK and that's the main thing
disposable gloves and wipes in your seatpost-bag also come in handy
Unsolicited advice: Chain drop sometimes caused by cross-chaining - small ring up front and smallest cog in the back or big ring and the big cog in the back - don't do that. Your bike usually warns you as it sounds like it is between gears. Being mindful of that really cuts down on chain dropping. Just sharin! BTW u like adorable in grease.
I tell you..there's always a cute guy ready to help out when you're in need, huh? Good timing Jeanne...
I even look at my bike and end up with grease all over me. It's a talent some of us seem to have. Maybe we should form a club. :D Fun pics!
Six blocks in socks!! See, you are definitely a survivor.
The chic were probably thinking "Now there goes a woman who is self-confident, determined, and ... in need of a shower."
P.S. I have no idea why my blog wants you to log in.
We WOULD have seen the other guy if you had taken a photo of him. I'm sure you could have come up with a good excuse why you had to take his photo while he's fixing your bike.
Yeah why no picture of cute guy? Jeez louise honey - you were too busy putting grease all over your face to keep us engaged with it all...
This is why I don't bike. Too much to go wrong..
Don't blame me for lack of evidence: I wasn't in charge of the camera! MarylandGirl was, and she's still learning the rules of the blog!
You look like one tough chick!
Still as funny as ever, Jeanne. :)
Grease everywhere and walking along in stockinged feet. You certainly look happy in your pictures!
Yes I do have to learn to keep photographic evidence of our fun and mishaps and the cute guys too! I'll get there!
I need to stop fixing my bike problems so quickly! Seriously, no cute guy (excl. my husband) has ever helped me with my bike :-(
Then again, I'm no hot single biker chick.
A little bike grease is sexy, the shades cool...I'd stop and help for sure.
You are so entertaining. I hate having to put my chain back on, cause I end up with grease all over my face from touching my mouth or rubbing my eyes. Ewwww.
It's not like a cupcake, you don't use your teeth/face to fix the chain. It's not edible.
Just sayin'... :)
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