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It\u2019s \u201cBike To Work\u201d season once again, and while the idea of riding a bicycle is confusing and frightening to most people, fortunately there\u2019s local news<\/a> to ease them into the concept:<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a good thing they explained that riding a bike to work is more than just cycling around town, because too many potential bicycle commuters just get on a bike, cycle around town, and then give up because they never randomly wound up at work. Hopefully this year more people will get on bikes and make the mental leap that they actually need to ride them towards their workplaces. I look forward to their next helpful article, \u201cWhy Making A Tuna Sandwich is More Than Just Staring at a Can and Some Bread.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, when you last heard from me<\/a>, I\u2019d opened up my new-to-me wheel like a can of tuna in the office kitchen, much to the chagrin of your coworkers:<\/p>\n

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Which I had been hesitant to do lest I completely destroy the cracked-and-now-scarce preload adjustment thingy:<\/p>\n

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Well, the preload adjuster thingy did survive. However, in Greek myth there\u2019s the story of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun. The moral of this tale is that, uh, you should never fly too close to the sun, or something. And sadly I flew too close to the sun when I then moved on to the front wheel and the cracked preload adjuster thingy crumbled like any number of obvious similes, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n