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fixing the brakes

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2013.09.09

I didn't get around to fixing my brakes on the weekend, so I switched around the damaged brake arm from the front with one at the rear of the bike (leaving the pads backwards) and set off. Knowing that a roll-your-own fix on a bike is rarely a great long term fix, I went directly to the (somewhat expensive) shop downtown where I bought the thing last year, and described the situation. They're going to have to replace the entire front brake set, but it'll be an upgrade and at $60 it'll also bring some peace of mind.

According to my on-going records-keeping, I'll still be up almost $800 over taking cost of taking the TTC these past few years.

rand()m quote

On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong