![]() Then, in that leading the witness tone, “Unless…. ![]() The man stands there, thinking through these options. I mean - no - this is gay….lesbian….transgender….and also ladies’ night.” We turn to see a grizzled middle-aged man in flannel pushing a bicycle into the workshop. I have always felt a bit ambivalent about “one type of person only” spaces, but I am finding that I am enjoying WTF night very much. “There’s nothing like the first time you actually bend your own frame.” “Oh I love doing that,” says the other volunteer, looking up from a workstation where both she and the person she’s helping have become utterly covered in bike grease. We should take off that back wheel and derailleur and hammer it back into place.” “Oh, now I see what your problem is,” says Cole. The gears are shifting now, but not as smoothly as they could. What then follows is another montage of infinitely and fastidiously moving around the limit screws. Her bike doesn’t even look like it has problems. She puts on her work apron in such a way that her artfully arranged scarf remains perfect, and picks up a wrench. A suave girl who looks like she belongs in a French film about bike repair arrives. From time to time, other women trickle in. What follows could best be expressed as a montage of infinitely and fastidiously adjusting the derailleur. “But I paid good money for that derailleur. Seabiscuit, however, still can’t shift gears on the left side, which is the reason I came in in the first place. Putting in a new shifter cable turns out to be quite pleasant. ![]() “Can’t we just, like, tighten it a little or something?” “You,” says Cole, turning back to me, “really need a new shifter cable.” And there’s some bike parts in the back that you can sort.” “Oh, definitely,” says the guy, relieved to find a loophole of oppression. ![]() “Do yooooou….” says Cole in the manner that in a courtroom would be described as leading the witness, “feel……intimidated? By people who fix bikes normally?” The guy stands there, holding his handlebars, mentally running through the options. ![]()
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