spokedust

spokedust sticks

spokedust. the grit,grime, and flotsam picked up over time along the ride and pauses. The stuff that sticks in the spokes of the wheels. Run your finger over a spoke and your skin will be given a streak, maybe black or probably one of a thousand shades of grey. The spots jump from my fingertips to the keys onto the screen. The streaks and good grit hides between spoke while other dust is easily obtained.

A perfectly tuned wheel makes a unique sound, the tension equal on each spoke, each spoke plucked like a harp gives off a pitch. As the wheels encounter the bumps in the road, railroad tracks, logjams; the spokes change pitch, their tension tightened & loosened releasing a new sound. sometimes, fun is had with extra elements - a baseball card turns the spokes into a motorcycle but a stick creates a tangled mess

if you haven't caught it by now, I'm feeling witty - To quote wierd al yankovich's classic Peter & the Wolf - "Its a Metaphor...." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000026O3

posted by bikenomad @ 1:58 PM