life on the wand

See anything wrong in the picture to the left (click on it for a larger view)? What about those pedals? Can you imagine trying to ride a bicycle like that? I can! I learned about crank cotter pins today. They are used on REALLY old bicycles, according the parts store I found online. The original one (shown on the right) was replaced just recently with the one on the left. Unfortunately, as I left work today, the nut that holds the pin in fell off, and I limped home trying to push the pin back into the pedal with my heel while I pedaled with the ball of my foot. Ha! I eventually had to take a big rock and beat the thing back into the pedal with bits of a rubberband to get it to stick, and that sort of worked but it still ended up slipping slowly around, until about one mile from home the pedals were in sync. So, left foot pulls left pedal up, right foot pushes right pedal down, legs get very tired. Many interested observers on the way home, though.
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