My new cherried-out ride...

[viedma]

I bought this folding bike last year when it looked like I wouldn't be able to ride my other one to work, on account there was no space for me to park it. I bought it, and then the space issue resolved itself, and then I had an extra bike. Recently I've been using the bike to buy a lot of groceries, and the front basket wasn't holding it all. I was bringing along a backpack to hold the overflow, looking at bike extensions, etc.

Then last week I thought-- why not strap a milk carton to the back of the folding bike with the bungee cords Dad gave me?





All I need is a seat for an American-sized rear end, and it's perfect! And then add saddlebags, and those things that little kids ride along in behind their 'rents so's I can pull violetisblue around town, and and and--

Oh yeah, I heard an owl hoot today. Like, in the middle of the afternoon, big as life. Fantastic.

Comments

[swankyfunk.livejournal.com]

Nice improvisation! (What is it with dads and bungee cords?? My dad seems to produce them out of nowhere just when you think, "Man, I could really use a bungee cord.")

Also, that "seat" looks painful.

Dads+ bungee cords= OTP

[viedma.livejournal.com]

inorite??? Dad's got millions of them. Every time I visit I come back with some and a handful of bike tire caps, bless him. The seat's okay for a couple of miles, and then I start dreaming of something that could hold my hinder with some degree of comfort.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

SWEET!

[la-smartie.livejournal.com]

Is that your foliage in the back? So pretty! So well-cultivated, too.