My bike is finished...

[dougie]

May we see a picture of it?
Chuey

Chuey - I put some in the "pictures" forum.

[dougie]

You are either a very brave or very reckless person Dougie, teasing fate the way you did. I would have expected you to have been smitten by the fate god already. Probably you already have and just don't know it yet. Something has already broken and you just haven't noticed it yet.
Ken

You are probably right Ken.
Only coyotes can laugh at the gods and get away with it.
I am sure the bike will be working perfectly when I fall off.

[dougie]

It's the wheel bearings... that's what will go next...

That's it! Wheel bearings!
They are fine too, but I will need something to do next winter.

[dougie]

Ride it. And, soon, mark my words, you will have something more to do ...

So true.
The inevitable fate of all things mechanical.

[dougie]

Or you could get another bike and do it all over again.

Yeah - Maybe a Honda S90

Your tools will be happy, your hands greasy again and your wallet empty, just like last time.

So true, so true.