Saturday, November 8, 2008

Zen and the Art of Bicycle Maintenance or: Watching The Wheels



I finally got round to fixing my bike today. Two weeks and a day after the chain snapped. It too longer than anticipated, most of the afternoon, in fact. I was exhausted afterwards. It was a couple of hours of solid work because I followed it up by washing it and then hoovering the mess I'd made. I can't say it gave me any pleasure or sense of peace. It was just something that needed to be done.

On the radio about 15 minutes ago was John Lennon's Watching The Wheels. I've always liked the song. John Lennon's hymn to giving it all up and doing nothing (or looking after his infant son). It seems particularly apt at the moment and today I was literally watching the wheels.

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