qua cheap bastard

I had been neglecting upkeep of my bike so it was pretty much in shambles after riding through the winter. When I got the brakes and chain replaced today the repair guy was incredulous that I could even get the bike to stop at all, considering I had no brake pads left and had been scraping metal on metal! I have a few more things to do on it before I'll really feel good about it again but at least I'm a little bit safer.