Originally Posted by Aeneas

Pleasant morning commute. First ride of the week. Having done some work on my bike over the weekend, I must not have tightened the axle nuts enough because I when I went to accelerate to make a left turn the rear wheel slipped forward a bit and jammed against the U-brake pad. I was only 2 blocks from home, but I broke out the socket wrench, repositioned the wheel in the dropouts and went about my merry way.

\rant
When I got to work, I noticed that it's again pleasure motorcycle season. The fair weather motorcyclists who rode to work once again were hogging the bike rack (and not using it, just taking the close to the building parking space... lazy people piss me off!) University cops don't care. If you can secure your vehicle by taking the keys with you, rather than physically using the rack, why take to space near the rack? Oh, that's right, you're an inconsiderate **** who can't walk and extra 25 feet and you feel some sense of entitlement because you ride a motorcycle? Reason and courtesy escape these people. It's a bicycle rack, not a motorcycle parking space! I'd not have a problem if these people actually used the rack to lock their front wheels, and secure their bike, but no! It's about being closer to the door than the next person and screwing over anyone one who might NEED to use the bicycle rack. One day I'm gonna take my U lock to each one of these motorcycles...
/rant