Time + humidity= sux

So my mountain bike spent a great deal of time by itself over the last few months. What's worse, it spent time by itself in a humid basement... Today I thought I would lube the chain, check the pressure in the fork, check tire pressures, all in anticipation of actually riding this weekend. I gave the brake levers a sqeeze and the front one worked... The rear (an Avid cable disc brake) didn't. I took a look at the cable, it's shot. Nice and rusty. Turns out steel expands when it rusts... who knew. I did, but that's not the point. Having discovered this shocking evidence of poor maintenance, I kept looking. To my relief, nothing else was really wrong, except for a frozen link in the chain. Damn! Here's the problem, though. Now I'm thinking about all the stuff I want to fix up on the bike. New brake cables? Screw that, I should put some Juicy's on there! Headset is a little rumbley, why not upgrade the fork while I'm at it? Huh, the left side pedal axle is messed up. It still spins, but it's days are numbered... and these cranks are hammered. See how easy it is? Suddenly I may as well pick up that long travel trail bike (mmmm, Nomad...) I've been thinking about.

Yeah, with all my spare money. I calculated the money I'm saving by commuting on my road rig, turns out it's a whopping $60 a year. That's not why I do it, but it's also not going to pay for a new mountain rig...