rebeccmeister | Farewell, o tools [bicycling]

On Thursday I finally got the call that Frodo was ready, so Friday morning after practice I did an errands loop, and stopped by REI and the pet food store before heading to the bike shop.

With the rack we have for this car, it’s helpful to add an extra strap or bungee to secure the wheel, so I pulled out my bike toolkit and got out a spare compression strap for the job, (now fatefully, I realize) setting the tool kit onto the car while I worked.

I am pretty sure I heard it when it fell off, but I didn’t fully register what had happened until well after I got home.

I called the shop and also made my rowing teammates retrace my path back to the shop, but the efforts were fruitless, alas.

It’s not the worst thing to lose, but it is still sad. I have had that toolkit for maybe around 15 years and it held a number of specialized tools for rescuing long-distance rides.

Godspeed, little tool kit. Any new kit I put together just won’t be the same, but must be done for the sake of my lifestyle.