EricinIkebukuro
Speeding Up
- Jan 30, 2011
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Today was one of the worst commutes home of my life...
Well maybe not as bad as being hit by a taxi but I encountered a ton of debris today. First as I was going along the gutter passing cars in traffic, I noticed a white object in the road and It didn't click in my head until the last second that it was a milk carton size block of concrete just sitting in the gutter. I kissed the side of the car next to me and just barley managed to avoid the brick.
But that's not what I am upset about tonight. Tonight I had a fun little hitchhiker bury itself into my tire. I was cruising Meiji-dori by Shin-Okubo when all of a sudden I hear something get into my wheel and stay there. I quickly stop to see what it was and found a good 1cm length piece of steel sticking out my wheel. I was lucky that it didn't go straight in but it went in at a very shallow angle. About 2/5th of the metal was in the tire and I was expecting to get a puncture when I pulled it but thanks to the latex tubes, I was safe.
Just amazed at the things I came across today. In America this would all be normal but Tokyo streets are usually so clean, I was thrown off a bit.
Well maybe not as bad as being hit by a taxi but I encountered a ton of debris today. First as I was going along the gutter passing cars in traffic, I noticed a white object in the road and It didn't click in my head until the last second that it was a milk carton size block of concrete just sitting in the gutter. I kissed the side of the car next to me and just barley managed to avoid the brick.
But that's not what I am upset about tonight. Tonight I had a fun little hitchhiker bury itself into my tire. I was cruising Meiji-dori by Shin-Okubo when all of a sudden I hear something get into my wheel and stay there. I quickly stop to see what it was and found a good 1cm length piece of steel sticking out my wheel. I was lucky that it didn't go straight in but it went in at a very shallow angle. About 2/5th of the metal was in the tire and I was expecting to get a puncture when I pulled it but thanks to the latex tubes, I was safe.
Just amazed at the things I came across today. In America this would all be normal but Tokyo streets are usually so clean, I was thrown off a bit.