In my other hobby I fly hang gliders,
people are always amazed when they learn
I fly with a parachute. They always ask,

"Do you ever use your chute?"

"Yes, every damn time I fly"

It's no different from a seatbelt or a helmet.


Recently on a two day two hundred mile road trip,
I started to have trouble shifting to low gear,
because I don't have the protector, I lost a lot of time
trying to adjust the derailleur a little at time, with a
Swiss Army knife, because a catastrophic failure,
would of really screwed me over.