I just made this photo my Facebook Profile picture and now it’s also a blog post?  I guess I will have to categorize this one as a “Lazy Post.”

So I got new pedals for my bike today from Nashbar and they’re shaped as butterflies!  I now have the two butterfly pedals, and if you notice I also have a butterfly light reflector on the front wheel, and a Hello Kitty bike bell.  To top it off, the accessories and bar tape match in color and when I’m actually riding this bike I complete the whole douche bag fixter look as a little asian girl with a tattoo.  God, I hope the Bike Snob doesn’t spy me and make fun of me on his blog.

I swear to god though, these are all necessary.  True, it’s not necessary that they need to be pink and be in the shape of butterflies, but everything on this bike is entirely functional.  It’s not like I’m adorning my bike with baseball cards woven between the spokes or walk my bike as an accessory or only ever bike a few blocks at a time.  It does weird me out that my bike matches better than I do on most days, but I think it’s funny that my bike says, “I make no sense, but I’m trying really hard in the least technical way possible to create something cohesive.”  (I have two different types of wheels on my bike, and my back wheel is smaller than the front).

Nashbar also sells a guitar version of these platform pedals, which I think is absolutely ridiculous.  I don’t know why, I just think it’s dumb to try and make your bike representative of any other hobbies or skills you might have, just in case anyone was ever in doubt about how cool you might be.  It’s like sticking a big fat “Zildjian” or “Weezer” sticker on your bike.  The pedals are also a little on the heavy side, but I guess that doesn’t really matter since it’s mostly for looks anyway, right?  I’m not planning to do time trials at the Velodrome anytime soon.

p.s. okay I’ll admit, I have put a zildjian and weezer sticker on my mountain bike in the past, but I’ve cleaned that act up.