exhortation
[eg-zawr-tey-shuhn]
- 1) the act or process of exhorting
- 2) an utterance, discourse, or address conveying urgent advice or recommendations
This Cannondale got my attention twice in the Henry Art Gallery loading dock yesterday. Let me just say I commend the owner for riding to work. Thank you. But these handlebars bother me in seven different ways.
I’m a big fan of simple utility. Occam’s Razor. If I still worked at BikeWorks and this thing rolled into the donation queue, I’d grab Occam’s hacksaw and chuck those fucking bars into the nearest recycling bin.
Both times I saw this bike yesterday, all I could say was
“Dig Deeper”
The old messenger exhortation which I attribute to 39 and whenever I mutter it to myself I say it in his voice:
“Dig Deeper!”
Steve would shout this at other messengers and a select few commuters in a comical, sarcastic, ironic way. For example, we might be sitting on a stoop on the backside of triple nine enjoying a tall can or six, when another messenger slowly rolls past, making their way back towards 5th & Pike, and Steve yells
“Dig Deeper”
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