Once a gear head always a gear head

Rolling thoughts: enlighten yourself to the dark arts of bike maintenance

When I was young I liked to tinker with bicycles

Building crazy bikes from old wrecks

Tearing around the neighborhood on two wheels

 That ended abruptly when I learned to drive

I got into cars big time

I raced mini coopers in England

I was the owner/driver/mechanic/crew chief

Eventually giving it up to focus on my career/family

In later years I developed a passion for exotic sports cars

Taking on a full ground up restoration

Followed by some fast track days

My sports car days finished when my mid life crisis was over

Today I drive a Lexus

I have it serviced at the dealer

My only intervention is adding air to the tires

Its less stressful to drive a reliable vehicle

In retirement I rediscovered the joys of cycling

So now I play with pedals and cranks all day

My garage is a bike workshop

I am regressing back into my childhood