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Jay Bollyn wrote:
"Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... Jay Bollyn wrote: "Kevin" wrote in message ... Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front. Kevin I guess you missed my RBT face plant thread? I hope the Electra survived without damage. Seriously, I can't find it, and dat B no jok. I think Niles PD has it, but I have no leverage over dos guys. My leverage has limits. Basically limited to Chicago, or Cicero. I am dat kinda guy. No compromising information on Governor "BlahBlah" or Speaker Madigan - or his daughter - she could whip a local PD into line, no? No one - not CPD District 16 - Niles PD - Bollingbrook PD - CFD - knows where da bike is. I am ready to write it off, and buy another. Civil suit? PLEASE! Do NOT make J mad. J is a rilly bad seed. Don't get mad, get even. However, because of Boub vs. Township of Wayne, you can likely not sue over the road conditions that caused the accident. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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"Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... Don't get mad, get even. However, because of Boub vs. Township of Wayne, you can likely not sue over the road conditions that caused the accident. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful Tom; it ain't worth it. J. |
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Tom Sherman writes: Jay Bollyn wrote: "Kevin" wrote in message ... Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front. Kevin I guess you missed my RBT face plant thread? I hope the Electra survived without damage. I sing the bicycle Electra. If you're feeling frowny, get thee aboard a Townie. I can't even begin to imagine wiping out on one of those things. Are they bunny-hoppable? I guess even if they were, all yer groceries would fly out of the basket. Baguettes de la rue. For some reason, a dozen eggs survives pavemental jolts better than a half-dozen eggs. Grocery shopping by bike is fraught with such nuances. And the clerk will always fill your shopping bags in the worst possible combinations, like putting your loaf of bread next to a big, floppy can of V8 in the same bag. And (especially if you're obviously riding 'cuz you've got a helmet on) the clerk will assume you're gonna hang everything on your handlebar, so she'll automatically double-bag everything until you ask her to please stop doing that while handing her your re-usable muslin shopping bags to put everything into. And then, when you get outside the store, you've still gotta reorganize everything before you lade your bike with it. It's good to return home with uncompressed bread and unbroken eggs. cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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Tom Sherman writes: Tom Keats wrote: In article , Tom Sherman writes: Jay Bollyn wrote: "Kevin" wrote in message ... Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front. Kevin I guess you missed my RBT face plant thread? I hope the Electra survived without damage. I sing the bicycle Electra. If you're feeling frowny, get thee aboard a Townie. I can't even begin to imagine wiping out on one of those things. Jay's model (lost by the Niles PD?) is/was an Amsterdam [1], not a Townie: http://www.electrabike.com/amsterdam/. I can't even begin to imagine wiping out on one of those things either. It's good to return home with uncompressed bread and unbroken eggs. No self-service checkout lanes? Yeah, but up here we call it "shoplifting." cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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Tom Keats wrote:
In article , Tom Sherman writes: Jay Bollyn wrote: "Kevin" wrote in message ... Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front. Kevin I guess you missed my RBT face plant thread? I hope the Electra survived without damage. I sing the bicycle Electra. If you're feeling frowny, get thee aboard a Townie. I can't even begin to imagine wiping out on one of those things. Jay's model (lost by the Niles PD?) is/was an Amsterdam [1], not a Townie: http://www.electrabike.com/amsterdam/. Are they bunny-hoppable? I guess even if they were, all yer groceries would fly out of the basket. Baguettes de la rue. For some reason, a dozen eggs survives pavemental jolts better than a half-dozen eggs. Grocery shopping by bike is fraught with such nuances. And the clerk will always fill your shopping bags in the worst possible combinations, like putting your loaf of bread next to a big, floppy can of V8 in the same bag. And (especially if you're obviously riding 'cuz you've got a helmet on) the clerk will assume you're gonna hang everything on your handlebar, so she'll automatically double-bag everything until you ask her to please stop doing that while handing her your re-usable muslin shopping bags to put everything into. And then, when you get outside the store, you've still gotta reorganize everything before you lade your bike with it. It's good to return home with uncompressed bread and unbroken eggs. No self-service checkout lanes? [1] "Armsterdam" for Red Cloud -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:26:12 -0600, "Kevin"
wrote: Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front. Riding cuts into posting time and I've lately been spending more online time bantering in a local forum with people I know and on a "social networking" site for bicyclists: http://www.meandmybicycle.com/ My "new" bike is a work in progress. It's the sweetest looking kids' bike for 20" wheels. The frame is a Canadian made "Free Spirit" with a curved down tube and twined top tubes matching that curve. Kind of like a mixte but the twin tubes stop at the seat tube. It has curved seat stays too. It's really just a rusty POS right now. I'm setting it up with a Sachs 3 spd. coaster brake hub, alloy rims and a mini ape hanger to get enough rise. The only missing ingredient is a 25mm seat post at least 50 cm long. The plan is to finish it black and chrome with a front basket, folding rear baskets, fenders, generator lights and flat pedals for quick utility trips. -- zk |
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Tom Keats wrote:
In article , Tom Sherman writes: Tom Keats wrote: In article , Tom Sherman writes: Jay Bollyn wrote: "Kevin" wrote in message ... Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front. Kevin I guess you missed my RBT face plant thread? I hope the Electra survived without damage. I sing the bicycle Electra. If you're feeling frowny, get thee aboard a Townie. I can't even begin to imagine wiping out on one of those things. Jay's model (lost by the Niles PD?) is/was an Amsterdam [1], not a Townie: http://www.electrabike.com/amsterdam/. I can't even begin to imagine wiping out on one of those things either. Not much different than wiping out on any other upright bicycle? It's good to return home with uncompressed bread and unbroken eggs. No self-service checkout lanes? Yeah, but up here we call it "shoplifting." Here most of the newer and larger grocery stores in the US have lanes where the customer can scan or weigh items, bag them, then pay by inserting cash or with a debit or credit card. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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"Kevin" wrote in message ... Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front. Kevin nope. J. |
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On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:14:00 -0700, Jym Dyer wrote:
Maybe I'll paint the frame when (if) the weather becomes conducive. I think I and the bike would like something '60s-ish psychedelic. =v= Beautiful Saturday and I'm sitting around waiting for delivery of my "psycho lime" bike. (You can google the color.) Yes. Most of us are probably out riding when we can. =v= True enough. Others are spamming when they can, though. :-( _Jym_ "There's a SEASON?" -- Yehuda Moon Spam already comes in a can. My server has good filters so authors I see (or not, based on my filters) are mainly OT: involved in on going ****ing contests, flames and troll baiting by the regular experts at such, (mia culpa). Or, they're in my watch file. IIRC, Eric S. Sande and Peter Cole were the first people who responded to my first posts in r.b.m. Many of the ideas presented here, including yours, have influenced my thinking about cycling protocols. Online communication among local people who are likely to know each other or meet in the future has a more civil tone but I dislike the interface compared to plain text. A BBS would be better for me. A picture is worth a thousand words so they use a lot of txt msg spelling. Being moderated, as it must be to protect the host from defamation hassles, makes for a tamer exchange than often times found on Usenet. Fewer threads wander into far off-topic hostilities. I found the Velolove list a little _too_ moderated with many OT political/environmental posting hoping to mobilise cyclists for the cause du jour. Between the Momentum calendar and fixedvancouverdotcom, I can find a ride anytime. -- zk |
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(Tom Keats) writes: The front wheel rim is getting fairly worn, so I might buy an whole new front wheel this weekend. Since I'm doing 40 hour work weeks, [re]building wheels eats into my precious riding time. And maybe I'll look into obtaining either a taller stem (one where the front brake cable stop is an hole bored right through the thing) or a riser handlebar. Well, I bought a new front wheel today. Double-walled rim. Set me back about $55, which is $15 more than my rear wheel with the threaded hub. I asked the guy at Our Community Bikes about long stems (I have about a 6" drop from saddle to handlebar right now) and he suggested I should come back next week when they'll have a new line of super long ones in stock. I also bought a Matisse Quickstand: http://tinyurl.com/6qpfrt http://preview.tinyurl.com/6qpfrt URL in full: {http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=84552444261 81\49&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302694071} It's basically just a display stand with a little adjustablility, but I think I'll be able to make good use of it. I like the simplicity and compactness of it. One can kick it under one's workbench and out of the way when it's not in use. It's another of those assemble-it-yourself thingies and it didn't come with enough washers, so I've been perfunctorily & half-heartedly rootin' through my parts drawers, looking for do-fers. I'm not disheartened; I just don't feel like assembling stuff right now. Screw it, I'll just buy some washers from a hardware store/home improvement shop tomorrow. Another excuse for a ride, eh? Maybe I should get around to installing the new wheel. But first I wanna go over the bearings. I don't really feel like doing that right now, either. Chances are I'll wake up in the middle of the night with a compulsion to take care of that. And I impulse-purchased a pair of skull valve caps. Actually, two pairs -- one pair's for a fellow rider/ cow orker with whom I trade cutsie dollar store junk. cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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