Words for Wednesday August 20Cykelture med forhindringer ~ Biking Challenges

Word for Wednesday is a challenge that was started a long time ago. Now it has turned into a movable event with Elephant's Child as our coordinator; and the Words provided by a number of people.

The general idea of this challenge is to make us write. Poems, stories, subtitles, tales, jokes, haiku, crosswords, puns, ... you're the boss.
Use all Words, some Words, one Word, or even none of them if that makes your creative juices flow. Anything goes, only please nothing rude or vulgar.

In August, Mimi of MessyMimi's Meanderings will supply us with prompts.

 It is also a challenge, where the old saying "The more the merrier" holds true.

So Please, remember to follow the links, go back and read other peoples' stories. And please leave a comment after reading. Challenges like this one thrives on interaction, feedback and encouragement. And we ALL need encouragement.

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Word for Wednesday er en udfordring, der startede for længe siden. Nu er det blevet en bevægelig begivenhed med Elephant's Child som vores koordinator og ordene bliver leveret af en række personer.

Meningen med denne udfordring er at få os til at skrive. Digte, historier, fortællinger, vittigheder, haiku, krydsord, ordspil, ... du bestemmer.
Brug alle ordene, nogle af dem eller kun et enkelt, eller måske endda ingen af dem, hvis det får din kreativitet til at blomstre. Alt er tilladt, men helst ikke noget vulgært eller fornærmende.

I august er det Mimi fra MessyMimi's Meanderings der giver os ordene.

Det er også en udfordring, hvor det gamle ordsprog »Jo flere, jo bedre« holder stik.

Så husk at følge linkene, gå tilbage og læse andres historier. Og skriv gerne en kommentar, når du har læst. Udfordringer som denne holdes i live af interaktion, kommentarer og opmuntring. Og vi har ALLE brug for opmuntring.

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Ordene den 20. august - The Words for August 20:
Absent
Satisfaction
Combination
Fun
Echo
Exempt
    And/or the following phrases
Between a rock and a hard place (in a difficult situation with no easy choices)
Knuckle down (applying oneself seriously to a task)
Long in the tooth (aging or getting old)

Jeg har som man kan  se, ikke brugt alle ordene, men jeg har også en idé mere.

As you can see, I did not use all the Words - but I have more ideas.

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Først på dansk

Som jeg fortalte i mit opslag tilbage i juli, er jeg begyndt at cykle, hver dag, så vidt muligt. Min cykel er ved at være pænt gammel, cirka 31 år, men velholdt og normalt velfungerende.
     De seneste godt fjorten dage har der godt nok været udfordringer med det med det velfungerende.

Første besøg hos cykelsmeden
Tirsdag den 5. - altså for to uger siden - var min cykel flad da jeg skulle ud ad døren.
     Næste dag, onsdag, skulle jeg nå alverdens ting og havde regnet med at have cyklen så det kunne lade sig gøre. Derfor skyndte jeg mig ind med cyklen til cykelsmeden - heldigvis kan man stadig have cyklen med bussen, og vores gode cykelsmed reparerer ofte fra dag til dag; nogen gange endda mens man venter eller går på indkøb.
     Men der var naturligvis travlt hos cykelsmeden, sommerhusfolket havde indleveret cykler i stor stil, og det gode vejr havde også lokket flere ud på vejene på cykel med deraf følgende reparationer. Cyklerne hang nærmest i lag på værkstedet, og min cykel kunne først være færdig igen torsdag.
    Jeg hentede den fredag morgen. Da havde jeg på grund af den manglende cykel og en tosset nakke, der gør mig svimmel af og til, siddet så meget stille, at jeg havde fået meget ondt i mit ene ben.

En kort visit hos lægen og cykelsmeden
     Så mandag i sidste uge cyklede jeg ind til lægen, der kiggede på mit smertende ben og heldigvis frikendte mig for blodpropper og henviste mig til fysioterapi. Der var jeg så fredag. Stadig på cykel, men uden helt at kunne se, hvor langt og hvor hurtigt jeg kørte, for min cykelcomputer var sær.
     Mandag i denne uge stod cykelcomputeren helt af, og jeg var forbi cykelsmeden igen, men han kunne ikke lige finde nogen fejl på den.
     Tirsdag - altså i går - skilte jeg den ad; og stod med tre dele i stedet for to. Ledningen var knækket. Jeg splejsede den og viklede elektrikertape om og tog en lille test-tur. Den virkede perfekt.

Tilbage til cykelsmeden igen!
     I dag skulle jeg igen til kiropraktoren, på cykel naturligvis, og nå ind og hente en pakke, og nå toget en times tid senere. Jeg er virkelig glad for min trofaste cykel, der gør den slags dage mulige ... men hvad skete der? Midt ude i skoven sagde det pludselig KRONK! og den ene pedal knækkede af.
     Jeg ringede til kiropraktoren og fortalte om mit problem. Så skyndte jeg mig efter bedste evne afsted, jeg hoppede op på cyklen og trillede når det gik ned ad bakke og luntede afsted med den når det gik opad. Den anden pedal havde sat sig fast, så jeg kunne ikke løbehjule afsted heller. Derfor tog det i stedet for de normale lige under 20 minutter, godt en halv time at nå derind.
     I morgen skulle jeg gerne kunne hente cyklen igen - og så håber jeg at det var det sidste besøg hos cykelsmeden i et stykke tid.

In English

As I mentioned in my post back in July, I have started biking almost every day. My bike is getting quite long in the teeth, if you can say this about a bike. It's an older model, 31 years old, but well maintained and usually in good working order.
However, over the last fortnight or so, there have been some challenges with this "good working order".

First visit to the bike repair shop
Tuesday the 5th – two weeks ago – my bike had a flat tyre when I was about to leave the house.
     The next day, Wednesday, I had all sorts of things to do and had counted on having my bike so that I could get everything done. So I hurried to the bike repair shop with my bike – luckily, you can still bring your bike on the bus, and our excellent bike repair shop often repairs bikes overnight; sometimes even while you wait or go shopping.
     But of course, the bike repair shop was busy. Summer house owners had brought in their bikes en masse, and the good weather had also lured more people out on the roads on their bikes, resulting in even more repairs. The bikes were practically stacked up in the workshop, and my bike wouldn't be ready until Thursday.
    I picked it up on Friday morning. The combination of an absent bike and my crazy neck that makes me dizzy from time to time, I had been sitting down so much that I had developed severe pain in my leg.


A quick visit to the doctor and the bike repair shop
So on Monday last week, I biked to the doctor, who looked at my aching leg and, fortunately, ruled out blood clots and referred me to physiotherapy. I went there on Friday. Still on my bike, but without being able to see how far and how fast I was riding, because my bike computer was acting up.

Monday this week, the bike computer stopped working altogether, and I went back to the bike repair shop, but they couldn't find anything wrong with it.

Tuesday – yesterday, that is – I took it apart and ended up with three parts instead of two. The wire was broken. I spliced it, wrapped it in electrical tape and took it for a little test ride. It worked perfectly.


Back to the bike repair shop again!
     Today I had an appointment at the chiropractor again, I went by bike of course. I also had to pick up a parcel and catch the train an hour later. I am really happy with my trusty bike, which makes days like this possible... but what happened? In the middle of the forest, there was a sudden CRACK! and one of the pedals broke off.

I called the chiropractor and told about my problem. Then I knuckled down trying to make it with a decent delay. I jumped on the bike coasting downhill and jumped off walking my bike quickly uphill. The other pedal was stuck, so I couldn't stand on that one and use it as a kick-bike either. For this reason it took me a good half hour to get there instead of the usual 20 minutes.
 
Tomorrow I will hopefully pick up my bike again – and I hope that will be my last visit to the bike repair shop for a while.