whoops

i left work today and headed to the bike shop to do some routine maintenance when capital-I Irony dumped a bucket of icewater on my head. as i headed downhill to the bike path, my front brake decided to go out to lunch. i brought the bike to a halt, fred flintstone-style, and carried the bike and all my junk down these steps to take a closer look at things.

i thought the front brake lever had completely sprung apart, much like a broken watch in a cartoon, but after some time i realized it came apart as a failsafe measure because i had overtightened the cable when i adjusted the brakes yesterday. whoops.

i figured out how to put it back together and promptly took it to the bike shop to ask them to take a look and make sure i did it right. he said everything looked good and sent me on my way.