The night before my big ride on
the lakefront, I thought to fill the tires on my trusty Schwinn. That’s when I found a broken spoke on the
rear wheel. What to do?
I decided to risk it and tied the
spoke in question to another as a stopgap.
The next day, I passed by two bike repair kiosks on the trail—you can
fix your bike but not relieve yourself—only they were busy. That meant a trip to a bike shop the next
day.
But which one? I usually use Mullet Brothers, a twenty-minute
drive each way while the place on Roosevelt Road is only five minutes from
home. I don’t like going there, though,
from the time they sold me Kevlar tires that were in fact ordinary, flat-prone works
of rubber. Oh, but just five minutes…
Convenience won out over principle,
and that cost me, literally. I paid $32
to get one spoke changed—$2 for parts and $30 for labor. Mullet Brothers, here I come.
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