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Terrible poetry about working on my bike

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  1. ARobComp
    Member

    It's probably the chain
    A quickly written short rubbish poem by ARobComp

    Riding in France upon my fancy steed,
    A nasty chain suck the bike did suffer,
    And since then it's had a nasty fault,
    From which it's been unable to recover

    When climbing in the little ring,
    And putting on some pressure.
    My chain would on occasion kick up,
    to ruin my hill climb leisure.

    Into the garage said bike did go,
    And so started the investigation game,
    But no matter how hard I looked
    The bast*rd problem remained the same.

    I thoroughly cleaned and stripped the bladdy thing,
    Top, bottom, side and sprockets
    And worried that not finding the fault,
    Would cost all the money in my pockets,

    Hearing cursing out loud, the wife was summoned
    And came out to shush the "fook"
    Remarked did she "It's probably the chain"
    So I bent to have a look.

    Upon intense inspection the culprit was found
    A tiny ding in a sliver of metal.
    I whipped it out, now the chain runs true
    The bike is in fine fettle.

    I stood and stared, My mouth agape,
    At the impact of such a tiny dent,
    My roadie once again ready to go,
    To West Scotland with my tent.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  2. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Chains by IWRATS Larkin

    What are chains for?
    Chains are how we ride.
    They come, they take us
    Time and time over.
    They are to be ridden with:
    How can we ride without chains?

    Ah, solving that question
    Brings a frame with a drop-out
    And a Kevlar belt
    Running over the cogs.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  3. steveo
    Member

    The Chain by FleetwoodMac

    ....

    Posted 6 years ago #
  4. gembo
    Member

    This is reminding me of Baldrick's great poem

    German Guns

    Boom, boom boom
    Boom boom
    Boom, boom, boom
    Boom, boom

    Posted 6 years ago #
  5. unhurt
    Member

    Someone gave me this a few years ago. If I manage to make it to a PY or a not-PY I shall bring it with:

    http://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten-poems-about-bicycles/

    Posted 6 years ago #
  6. dougal
    Member

    @unhurt We have that book. Indeed, we asked a friend to read Bike With No Hands for us at our wedding. It was marvelous.

    Posted 6 years ago #

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