a mere twenty-five

Including the single unused one still attached to the rack where the previous owner left it there are only twenty-five zip ties on my bike at the moment, which doesn't seem that many. I thought there would have been more on cable-constrainment duties after the wiring was replaced during the winter. The greatest concentration is on the front fork and handlebars, where there has been the occasional need to string two together in series in order to reach around a particularly thick bit of tubing.