7rider
08-17-2006, 05:36 PM
Sigh.
So yesterday, I noticed something big and yellow and pretty beefy looking - like a radio or a flashlight - in the curb on my cummute. I was with a coworker, so I didn't stop to investigate.
Today, I'm riding solo up the same hill and it's still there. "Ohhh," I think. "Treasure!" :D So I stop and pick it up. It's a heavy duty flashlight. Rechargeable and dead as a doornail (darn!). It also has engraved in the side "KVFD" - Kensington Volunteer Fire Department.
Bummer. So much for treasure and some fireman is without his light -- without a light to guide him safely out of a burning building or to help find some disaster victim. I've *got* to return this thing to its rightful owner.
So this afternoon, I load up my single pannier and I use my bungie net to strap the light to the top of the rack. Because I have a pannier on the rack, however, the net doesn't attach properly and must be wrapped in odd angles to secure the load. So off I ride 8 miles to the fire dept and return the light to a surprised fireman.
Riding home, I hear something rattling from the rear of the bike and think "Oh, gotta stash the bungie net." I retrieve it and it is torn to pieces! :eek:
I did a crummy job wrapping and securing the light, and my bungie net was rubbing against the tire for my ride! It's busted in several places!!
Well, hopefully, I can do a little surgery on the thing and still have a functional, if SMALLER, bungie net!
At least the FD has their light back, and I guess the price isn't *that* bad!
So yesterday, I noticed something big and yellow and pretty beefy looking - like a radio or a flashlight - in the curb on my cummute. I was with a coworker, so I didn't stop to investigate.
Today, I'm riding solo up the same hill and it's still there. "Ohhh," I think. "Treasure!" :D So I stop and pick it up. It's a heavy duty flashlight. Rechargeable and dead as a doornail (darn!). It also has engraved in the side "KVFD" - Kensington Volunteer Fire Department.
Bummer. So much for treasure and some fireman is without his light -- without a light to guide him safely out of a burning building or to help find some disaster victim. I've *got* to return this thing to its rightful owner.
So this afternoon, I load up my single pannier and I use my bungie net to strap the light to the top of the rack. Because I have a pannier on the rack, however, the net doesn't attach properly and must be wrapped in odd angles to secure the load. So off I ride 8 miles to the fire dept and return the light to a surprised fireman.
Riding home, I hear something rattling from the rear of the bike and think "Oh, gotta stash the bungie net." I retrieve it and it is torn to pieces! :eek:
I did a crummy job wrapping and securing the light, and my bungie net was rubbing against the tire for my ride! It's busted in several places!!
Well, hopefully, I can do a little surgery on the thing and still have a functional, if SMALLER, bungie net!
At least the FD has their light back, and I guess the price isn't *that* bad!