Sunday, Sweet Sunday

It is a gorgeous morning, and I have my windows open, the fans turned on low, and I'm doing stuff.

Doing stuff is on the list of great healing things. It's right up there with a good night's sleep and banana smoothies (as Anne Lamott avers, and I agree).

Last night I pulled down my summer shoes and put away all of my boots. Well, except for my three pairs of Frye boots, which I wear year-round. So all of my cute sandals are now at my beck and call, but I also now have to deal with my hooves. So, giving myself a pedicure will be on my list of stuff to do today. I'll also give myself a manicure while I'm at it.

I also got out my new bike shoes. Well, they were new when I bought them last year, but since my bike didn't see an inch of pavement, I never even took them out of the box. When I did, I realized that I didn't have clips on them, so that necessitated salvaging the SPD's from one of my old pairs. Both sets were fused in place by rust (I have no idea, so don't ask), requiring lots of forearm muscle and my Topeak Alien tool with its handy-dandy hex-wrench set (I am always IKEA-ready, btw).

Once I got them off, there was the question of all that rust. After pondering this for a few minutes (hmmmm, will acid remove rust from steel?), i went to my little pie safe/pantry. There, I realized that I had used the last of my white vinegar to clean my new coffee maker, so I made a gametime decision.

Into a glass and a bath of balsamic they went, screws and all! And while they're not exactly like new, at least they don't look like something salvaged from Titanic anymore.

So I screwed them into my spanky-new Diadora's, and I'm kind of excited to work on my bike later, then do all those fiddly little adjustments to the clips to make sure they're properly aligned.

Yes, even though I ride a road bike, I run mountain-bike shoes and clips and pedals. I just like them better, so there. Nyah.

Which raises a question I've always had:

If they're called "clipless" pedals, why do we call the things on our shoes "clips?" And what we do, "clipping in?" Isn't "clip" a funny word if you say it enough times?

Okay, I've had my coffee, and now I am going back to doing stuff.