Oh noooo. I can see how this is going to go and it's not pretty.

Before long you'll decide you don't need gears.

Then the brakes will go too.

And you'll grow a ridiculously long beard and start wearing flannel shirts...

Your only hope is that the triple digit temps of summer will put some sense back into you.


I myself have succumbed to the allure of the simple bike. Fortunately at an early age I was frightened by a mammoth Paul Bunyan statue and could never bring myself to grow a large beard or wear flannel.