Last week’s freak snowstorm (in Nashville, every snowstorm is treated like a freak snowstorm) made me realize that I couldn’t put off getting new tires for the Civic any longer. I’m all for countersteering on two wheels, but sliding sideways at 10 mph with the steering wheel locked in the opposite direction isn’t supposed to happen. Now that I have new tires mounted, it’s likely that it will never snow in Nashville again.
As much as this cost, it’s painfully obvious that new tires for my car will cost less per mile than any of the other vehicles I own (human powered or not). It’s good that the Civic no longer drives like the Hyundai Accent I rented last week while in Round Rock, but it would be just as good to still have that cash for a single speed cyclocross bike.
Not that I race cyclocross (yet) but I’ve been wanting a single speed for training rides, and I might as well get one that uses big, fat, expensive tires that only last a few thousand miles while I’m at it.
Completely non-related to this post, but today on Make I saw this patent application for a coffin built into an auger. They’re always trying to find new ways to screw us.
