Half a seat and 2 miles of laces

Peter bought a new bicycle for his commute- over 32km/20 miles one way. It’s a really handsome bike and wasn’t cheap, but for some reason, it came with less than half a seat.

It seemed quite obvious to me that this can’t be any more comfortable than a broomstick, a suspicion Peter confirmed after his very first bike ride.

Instead of reaching out to the bike manufacturer and ask for a proper seat, he bought a pair of shorts that has the other half of his bike seat incorporated.

I tried it on, just for giggles. It felt like someone was gently holding both my butt cheeks.

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Another product that has puzzled me recently, was a pair of kid’s shoes. Or rather, the laces of the shoes.

Somehow I didn’t notice the ridiculous length of the laces at the store.

I went to several shoe repair stores, but none of them had pink laces - an absolute requirement - that were shorter than the ones he had. One shoe repair man told me it would be impossible to have all the lengths in all the colors, because he has to buy twelve pairs of each kind and that would be an infinite amount of shoelaces.

Understandable.

I searched online for ways to shorten shoelaces and found a great solution that would rid any shoe repair person of all their shoelace problems: heat shrink tubing!

You can get it at a hardware store. After you cut the lace, just put a piece around the end of the lace and heat it with a lighter.

It brought me so much joy, after I had shortened my son’s laces, I went on to fix all the laces I could find with broken ends.

To make a long story short, if you ever feel sad and lonely, consider wearing a pair of biking shorts while fixing some shoelaces.

Or, join my Sketch & Chat session next week! This is for paid subscribers only, I will share the meeting link a day before the session. We’re meeting on September 27 at 5PM CET.

I would love to see you, talk art and… I can probably show my book since it should arrive this week. (Yikes!)

All the best,