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Mar. 11th, 2019 07:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogMaybe I'll ask Uptown Bikes to do their stuff for me. There's a pretty good special happening right now.
Longing is 19 years old now. I bought zir (my bikes are gender-neutral) new in 2000 and zie's showing zir age in some ways. I've toyed with the idea of buying a new one sometimes, but I don't wanna for numerous reasons. The one I have just feels so familiar and right. Eventually I'll have to replace zir I suppose. I might try out a folding bike or a recumbent or something. Not for a few years yet, hopefully. I still want to have a party when Longing turns 21.
In the meantime, I think I need a new rear tire as well as general maintenance. I have a studded one on now, and the smooth one I took off when I switched out has seen better days.
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Erik is picking me up after work tomorrow to spend the night over at his place, then dropping me off in the morning. The thought puts a smile on my face regardless of bike worries.
Longing is 19 years old now. I bought zir (my bikes are gender-neutral) new in 2000 and zie's showing zir age in some ways. I've toyed with the idea of buying a new one sometimes, but I don't wanna for numerous reasons. The one I have just feels so familiar and right. Eventually I'll have to replace zir I suppose. I might try out a folding bike or a recumbent or something. Not for a few years yet, hopefully. I still want to have a party when Longing turns 21.
In the meantime, I think I need a new rear tire as well as general maintenance. I have a studded one on now, and the smooth one I took off when I switched out has seen better days.
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Erik is picking me up after work tomorrow to spend the night over at his place, then dropping me off in the morning. The thought puts a smile on my face regardless of bike worries.
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Date: 2019-03-11 12:56 pm (UTC)It never occurred to me to wonder about the gender......... :o)
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Date: 2019-03-11 01:46 pm (UTC)I don't think about gender in relation to my vehicles, but I do get sufficiently attached to them to anthropomorphize them in some way. When that happens, it feels a little weird to just say "it."
One of my cars, Perseverance (who my other bike is named after), was male because my sweetie Lisa decided he was while we were taking a road trip in him. Good enough for me. *grins*