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  #21  
Old April 13th 08, 05:47 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
Tom Keats
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In article ,
Tom Sherman writes:

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.


Yeah, next we'll have UPC barcodes beginning with 666 tattooed
onto our foreheads/hands. If you have to scan it yourself,
make an effort to not look into the laser beam. Personally,
I don't believe the testimony of John the Revelator. I think
he just accidentally ingested some ergot or something.

I hope there's a discount for self-service.

Anyways I love shopping by bike, and I highly recommend it.
Any other transportational medium renders shopping an
odious chore. The best part is heading homeward with
a bikeful of good stuff. It feels joyfully replete.


cheers,
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Old April 13th 08, 08:17 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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In article ,
Zoot Katz writes:
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


Today was a beauty for riding, and the world & his wife
knew it. Riders swarmed the streets. It was beautiful.
According to the forecast, tomorrow it's back to March
showers, April showers bring forth May showers.

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/


They want Flash and newfangled JavaScript.
I'm excluded (again.) Oh, well.

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.


I just luvs curvy tubes! She's gonna be purty.
'Specially if, during painting, you could get
a crimson underlay and a black overlay to make
a sort of subtle garnet/Coca Cola effect.

I noted down at OCB they have a Twenty up for sale.
The poor thing has seen the worst for wear, though.
Nevertheless, I think a right-minded person could
fix 'er up. Twentys make excellent shopping bikes.
At least, as long as they have durable brakes.

As for rise, and as I noted in a previous post,
I'm told OCB is getting-in some super tall stems.

There's a new bike shop incipiently opening up
at Main & 55th. If you go there and they're not
open yet, you can go to Uncle Ming's Kitchen for
Singapore chow mein, or across the street to Wo's
for a good bowl of hot 'n sour soup w/ all kinds
of stuff in it, so the trip would still be
worth it.


Klahowya,
Tom

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  #23  
Old April 13th 08, 10:07 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
Tom Keats
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(Tom Keats) writes:

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?


Okay, I put it together, and y'know what?
The bracket and hook that support the stays
protrude into the spokes of the rear wheel.

Maybe a few hammer blows would fix it -- one
way or another. Better to just return it and
get my money back. What a badly designed POS.
I very much prefer a good ol', plain ol'
display stand.

Caveat emptor!

Pesach again, eh? I hope I won't have
to visit family. Except for my favourite
living Aunt, who's celebrating her 88th
birthday today. She doesn't observe, either.

She lives right on the Kerrisdale portion
of our Midtown/Ridgeway bike route, as
I almost do in the South Vancouver portion.
I could pretty much bee-line to there.

I should concoct a steak & kidney pie
and ride with it straight over to her.
It'd still be warm when I get there.

sigh Working all week and only having time
to do personal stuff on weekends really sux.
'Specially on afternoon shift.

Oh, well. Life goes on, eh?


cheers,
Tom
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  #24  
Old April 13th 08, 07:26 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:17:08 -0700, (Tom
Keats) wrote:

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.


I just luvs curvy tubes! She's gonna be purty.
'Specially if, during painting, you could get
a crimson underlay and a black overlay to make
a sort of subtle garnet/Coca Cola effect.

Montana, the graffiti paint specialists, have a colour named "Coke".
I was thinking more along the lines of Tremclad glossy black since I
already have a couple cans.

I noted down at OCB they have a Twenty up for sale.
The poor thing has seen the worst for wear, though.
Nevertheless, I think a right-minded person could
fix 'er up. Twentys make excellent shopping bikes.
At least, as long as they have durable brakes.

As for rise, and as I noted in a previous post,
I'm told OCB is getting-in some super tall stems.


So far this project has cost $18.40 for the frame, handlebar, longer
crank and bigger chain wheel. The steerer tube takes a 21.15mm quill
stem that I was able to scrounge. The seat post out of Yorick fits so
they'll share it until another exercise bike with a 25mm seat post
shows up.

Contemplating whether to braze on some cable guides and chain guard
mounts.

The fenders and baskets will be the items driving up the budget. The
bike shouldn't cost more than seventy five dollars when it's done.
That's a bit cheaper than what a Raleigh Twenty runs. Yours was the
perfect price.

Anyway, I'm off to get some spokes.
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Old April 13th 08, 08:04 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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On Apr 11, 9:26*am, "Kevin" wrote:
Just curious... :-) *It looks more like an ebay store front.

Kevin

Chinese and Russian ebay.

J
  #26  
Old April 14th 08, 02:03 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
Tom Keats
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In article ,
Zoot Katz writes:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:17:08 -0700, (Tom
Keats) wrote:

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.


I just luvs curvy tubes! She's gonna be purty.
'Specially if, during painting, you could get
a crimson underlay and a black overlay to make
a sort of subtle garnet/Coca Cola effect.

Montana, the graffiti paint specialists, have a colour named "Coke".
I was thinking more along the lines of Tremclad glossy black since I
already have a couple cans.


Well at any rate, black & chrome is always a winning
combination in my eyes. Especially with those retro-
looking, bullet-shaped generator headlights. I'm also
enamoured with nickel plate in lieu of chrome; I find
nickel plate has a warmer and less severe look to it
than chrome. And the matte black seen on so many
Euro-style bikes has an allure of its own. But I'm
sure whatever you do with it will work wonderfully.

I noted down at OCB they have a Twenty up for sale.
The poor thing has seen the worst for wear, though.
Nevertheless, I think a right-minded person could
fix 'er up. Twentys make excellent shopping bikes.
At least, as long as they have durable brakes.

As for rise, and as I noted in a previous post,
I'm told OCB is getting-in some super tall stems.


So far this project has cost $18.40 for the frame, handlebar, longer
crank and bigger chain wheel. The steerer tube takes a 21.15mm quill
stem that I was able to scrounge. The seat post out of Yorick fits so
they'll share it until another exercise bike with a 25mm seat post
shows up.


Yeah, I dunno why longer 1" seatposts are so hard to find.
The apehanger thing intrigues me, in terms of my own purposes.
Having a lot of handlebar real estate can be nice.

Contemplating whether to braze on some cable guides and chain guard
mounts.


Sure, why not? I'd be inclined to seek out The Perfect Chainguard
first, though. Unless you already have it. With also a
skirtguard I think it'll become a lovely, petite/pixie-ish
women's city runabout. Small calibre shell casings might make
interesting cable guides/stops. Especially if they have an
Iraq history. Just to make a positive statement about beating
swords into ploughshares. On the other hand, that might be
construed as morbid.

The fenders and baskets will be the items driving up the budget. The
bike shouldn't cost more than seventy five dollars when it's done.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Heh. You say that now ;-)

It would be kewl if our indigenous artisans would weave
bike-specific baskets while integrating traditional
Native motifs & themes into them. Bike baskets with
local appeal ... hmmmmm ...

A large enough fishing kreel might also make an
interesting & practical bike basket. Maybe stick
some sort of insert into the hole in the lid,
to make a cup/bottle holder.


cheers,
Tom
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Old April 14th 08, 05:33 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
Zoot Katz
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:03:47 -0700, (Tom
Keats) wrote, in part:

The seat post out of Yorick fits so
they'll share it until another exercise bike with a 25mm seat post
shows up.


Yeah, I dunno why longer 1" seatposts are so hard to find.
The apehanger thing intrigues me, in terms of my own purposes.
Having a lot of handlebar real estate can be nice.


I have a long 1" seat post. It's too large. This one's twenty-five
point zip on the caliper.

A petite artsy tall-biker nerdgrrl I know did this abstracted version
of an inosilicate molecule with her extra real-estate.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...monkeybars.png
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The fenders and baskets will be the items driving up the budget. The
bike shouldn't cost more than seventy five dollars when it's done.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Heh. You say that now ;-)


I scrounged 3 doz. 12ga spokes off Donald but have yet to see if they
fit the hub drilling. A-1 had black plastic fenders for $19.95
including GST. Folding rear baskets are going to be thirty (less 15%)
so that leaves less than ten bux in the budget for a front basket
unless I use one of the news-boy baskets kicking around. I've not yet
looked for a front brake. The headlight will probably be a fork mount
uni-block generator just to keep me legal.

It would be kewl if our indigenous artisans would weave
bike-specific baskets while integrating traditional
Native motifs & themes into them. Bike baskets with
local appeal ... hmmmmm ...

A large enough fishing kreel might also make an
interesting & practical bike basket. Maybe stick
some sort of insert into the hole in the lid,
to make a cup/bottle holder.

Bike-buckets and a milk crate haven't yet been ruled out.
Nor has wrapping the whole frame in rattan or hemp twine. Returning
the plastic fenders and buying bamboo to fabricate fenders,
chainguard and rack. Then use some natural material baskets from
Chinatown to complete the look.

I'm afraid with a creel on the front I'd want a rubber fish tail
sticking out of its lid.
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Old April 14th 08, 09:16 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Default BE there any bike related postings here anymore?

Many of the ideas presented here, including yours,
have influenced my thinking about cycling protocols.


=v= Who, me? But I was being a jerk (and even spelled
your name wrong). I always figured that the half-naked
women with chocolate got the message across much better
than I did. ;^)
_Jym_

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Old May 10th 08, 12:11 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
Dane Buson
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Default Is there any bike related postings here anymore?

Zoot Katz wrote:
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/


Interesting...

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.


My new 'Sunny Day' bike was actualized from a parts pile into a real
wooden boy^W^W^H functioning bicycle by the death of another CrossCheck
frame. I'll see if I can't post a few pretty pictures of it. It's
shiny and yet wrong.

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.


I suppose you could look in the unicycle universe for that sort of
thing, I know they have ridiculously long seatposts available. 25.4 I
thought though.

--
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but saying something pointless gets people's attention.
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Old May 10th 08, 12:14 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
Dane Buson
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Default BE there any bike related postings here anymore?

Jym Dyer wrote:
Many of the ideas presented here, including yours,
have influenced my thinking about cycling protocols.


=v= Who, me? But I was being a jerk (and even spelled
your name wrong). I always figured that the half-naked
women with chocolate got the message across much better
than I did. ;^)


All messages come across better from half-naked women with chocolate.

HNWwC: I'm going to hurt you now.
DroolingMale: Okay... hurhur... Pretty lady.

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