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warning: your bike lock has been recalled.

What?! Recalled? Bitches, better send me a new one.

Oh, ok, they plan to. And they did. And they even publicly admitted the manufacturing error.

The lock you see to the right is basically what I have, but I got mine like six years ago so the lettering looks different. But they sent me a new lock – just the thing at the end that locks the chain together. Better yet, I really needed a new lock because the old one was rusted solid. I had to soak it in WD-40 overnight to even get the key to turn.

Of course, none of this really matters because I never lock my bikes anywhere anymore. Who am I kidding, I don’t even ride my bikes anymore. But at least now I have a shiny new defect-free lock.

ps: if you look at the date on that cnn article, you'll notice how old it is. i found out about the recall when the article came out. that tells you how vital it was to me to post something about it.

Comments (9)

p-man:

i have the mother of all handlebar bells. i need to get some batteries for my digital camera. my bell will give you bell-envy.

heather:

i avoid having my bike stolen by riding the crappiest bike i can find. mine came from a yard sale, in fact. so for me, the lock is just ceremony. of course, someone might steal my bell, which would be tragic.

p-man:

URL: http://
of course it means you win! everyone's a winner on my site. except for me, as it turns out. darcy, my dearest. i believe you were the one scoping all the high schoolers in the coffee shop. for shame.

swandive00:

does that mean I win?!? I LOVE WINNING!

darcy:

Get back to work, slacker.

p-man:

URL: http://
why didn't i think of that? i'm sure i could pin something on them. i'm "reading" con law right now. i've been "reading" the same case for two hours. if you can't ride a bike, it can never get stolen. take me for instance. i ride bikes. i've had two stolen. you're two bikes ahead.

sue the bastards.

URL: http://stevehouchin.blogspot.com
I should be reading ConLaw now, but I can't because I'm just like a bicycle - two-tired.

swandive00:

randomly: i do not know how to ride a bike. even more randomly: i do know how to ride a unicycle.

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