Thursday, September 6, 2007

bike spider

Last Spring, I put new tape on my Nishiki bars, for the first time in about 17 years. My amateur tape job did not cover two holes underneath, nearer to the neck.

Two weeks ago, I started noticing full-on webs in the left handlebar/drop. I looked and looked, but could never find the spider. Twice a day, I was essentially gill-netting for this free-loader, as I commuted back and forth to school.

I found him a few days ago, when I returned from Labor Day back in Bend. I went to tease him a little, and he shot from the web in the left drop to the left hole in bar. Faster than I thought possible...like he had a panic button on his arse to snake in his line.

Since then, I have not been able to tease him out anymore. Freeloader.

In other news, 10 weeks left in the semester.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interesting to know.