Like clockwork, took the Ebisu All Purpose Bicycle out on the Minuteman before dinner. Contemplated some of the Object Lessons at Mal's yard.
Lots of bikes out, mostly good old diamond frame pedal bikes, but there were recumbents, two-wheel and three-wheel, there were electrical bikes and elliptical bikes, all cutting right along. As near as I could tell, there were no electrical elliptical bikes, but when they show up, I won't be surprised. Then there were these folks: both sitting, both steering with the same set of handlebars, on a bike that seems to have been purpose-built for this, both smiling. There's a story there, and I don't know what it is, so rather than make one up, we'll just leave it at that.
Shortly after taking that picture, I experienced one of the nastier cases of chain suck I can recall. I did discover that the Ebisu frame has a braze-on chain hanger that's helpful in the situation, which I did manage to fix quickly enough. Here's a souvenir of the disaster:
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