I've been only riding my bike to the grocery store rather than driving, and got sick of carrying so many groceries on my bike. So I bought a bike basket! It came in the mail Friday when I got home from work, there it was. And I was damned determined to get that on my bike.
My front bike tire is flat, I've tried getting the nuts off before, but I was getting those damned nuts off this time! So I grab my wrench and I put everything I have into it and one loosens!!! I move onto the next one and (see pic).
There I am, pushing with all my might, all my weight and strength baring down on this wrench when SNAP! I almost freakin' eat pavement as the wrench shatters in my hands. "NO!" I was determined...when i say I'm going to do something...I fucking do it!
So I get my bigger wrench and I get that nut off! I text the pic to a couple friends for a laugh, one offers to come help, but I figure, I moved out on my own, I iz an independent woman, I CAN DO THIS! Well I manage to peal the bike tire off with many swear words and finger pinches, and I check it for leaks...
THERE IS NO FUCKING LEAK! I don't know why in the hell it was flat! So like 25 min of work and there's NOTHING WRONG! But I needed those off to put my basket on anyway so oh well. As I'm trying to put the tire back on, and it's not going, I was so tempted to call someone. I was nearly in tears. If I had a b/f, or my dad lived closer, I totally would've, but I thought, since I don't, I should be able to change a damn bike tire by myself!
So I pull it together, myself and the bike, and finally a good hour and a half later I'm proudly riding down the road on my bike when I realize how hard I'm having to push. The brakes were rubbing against the damned front tire. So I just loosened the nuts so it was more centered and prayed to the Bike Gods my tire wouldn't fly off. It was awesome *THICK SARCASM*.
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