So I finally have a bike that’s good enough to care about. 

Got a good deal initially $125. 

And as I ride it every day, I’ve been fixing up all the random issues that have come up: no-rear brake, no fenders, fix broken axel, new chain, cassette, larger ring for speed and since the cassette style doesn’t really come with smaller gears, and a bell-compass (for $6), oh and after I think like 15 years, I finally got a new Kryptonite U-lock. the one I’d been using was the first generation style that could be picked with a Bic pen cap. For my old clunker mountain bike it was good enough.

Not spending money on gas and auto expenses makes it easier to buy the $10 chain vs the $6.

Anyway, after all these years of riding BMX, mountain bike, cruisers, banana seats, hybrid-grandma-cruiser-mountain, I have my first street bike worthy of keeping running as smooth.