It’s we what do

This entry is part 1 of 21 in the series Adventure Rider Issue #42

I bought some crazy stuff while we weren’t riding.

I don’t even know how it happened. I’d be sitting at my desk, working away like always, and at the end of the day I’d realise I’d bought all kinds of things.

Some of it made sense. I’ve been searching for a particular tool I used as a kid when I worked in the lube bay of a service station. I used to work the midnight-to-dawn shift, and when the driveway was quiet – which was most of the time – I did tyre repairs. Back then it meant hunkering down with a couple of tyre levers and a rubber mallet and getting the work done. I was nearly always patching tubes, and the lube bay had a steel wheel with a timber handle which was used to set the patch on the glue.

It was brilliant, and I always wanted one.

So, with time on my hands at last, I went looking.

I found a new version which has a rasp built into the handle. How brilliant is that!

But I also bought a couple of super-tough phone cables. One was for the car and one for the bike. They turned out to be a strange purchase because I’d also bought a wireless charging head for the bike, and the cable I bought for the car was too short.

“ If I’d been without them for a couple of years, could I seriously need a new pair? And why two pairs? ”

The wireless charging head doesn’t suit my needs either, as it turned out.

And somehow I’ve ended up with a new wireless lavalier microphone.

I’ve been using a small shotgun mic for video for quite a while and it works well, but – and I still don’t understand why – I inexplicably found myself with a new wireless lavalier.

Okay. I admit I’m a bit excited about that one. But still, I’ve only made two videos in the last year, so what was I thinking?

New Thermalz from Andy Strapz?

There wasn’t anything wrong with the old Thermalz. They were a little beaten up in places, but they were doing their job fine. When Andy’s website came up it was as though someone took control of my desk and I’d bought a new set before I knew what had happened.

A couple of pairs of Rocky Creek Designs safety glasses with the little magnifying panels in them somehow made their way into my shopping basket when I was on that site. I’d lost a pair on a mountainbike ride a couple of years ago and it seemed like a good idea to replace them.

If I’d been without them for a couple of years, could I seriously need a new pair? And why two pairs? I must’ve had some reason, because I bought one yellow pair and one clear pair.

I’m not game to confess to some of the really wacky shit that’s been turning up in the mail. The sooner we’re all back on the bikes and riding the better off I’ll be. Not riding is way too expensive.

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