I felt like a low-watt bulb this afternoon; or even about as bright as this dying light bulb!

About a week ago, a low-battery indicator showed up on my hybrid bike\’s computer. I was out of the coin batteries I needed; and couldn\’t get to the store until Saturday. There didn\’t seem to be many #2032 batteries in stock, which happens sometimes. I didn\’t notice that the ones I found were lithium until I was already in the checkout line — and the lithium kind cost more!

I got home with the new batteries; removed the old battery from the Cateye; and inserted a new one. I couldn\’t get the screen to light up, and thus could not set the Cateye. Does that thing not like lithium batteries, I wondered? Or is it (perish the thought!) wearing out?

This week I wasn\’t able to get to the bicycle shop until today. They\’re closed Mondays; Tuesday I needed to get home to make a phone call before 6 pm; and yesterday evening I was busy doing the laundry. I had to guesstimate my distances and times as well as I could.

After work today, I at last got to the bike shop, to let them look at the Cateye. Did I ever feel foolish; I had forgotten to peel the label off of the contact side of the battery! Why on earth didn\’t I think to check that battery??

At least the Cateye is working again, and I didn\’t have to buy anything more. I\’ll take a minute of feeling like a low watt bulb over buying a new cyclocomputer any day.