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True Cost of a Supermarket Bike
Elisa Francesca Roselli wrote in message ...
(snip) Moral of the story: now, when my colleagues ask me about a good place to buy a bike, I steer them away from the supermarket. EFR Ile de France Can't argue with that. I think you would have done even worse buying a department store bike in the U.S., although some of them sell low end Schwinns that might be upgradeable. Most have only pseudo-mountain bikes, although there are a few one-speed cruisers. If the quality of the frame is no good, there's no point in upgrading. |
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Naming a bike
I name all my bikes after hobbits.
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Naming a bike
Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:12:14 -0500,
, David Kerber wrote: Anybody else give their bike a name? The Ellis Briggs is called "Ellie" (as dubbed by an ex) The Witcomb is called "Whit" (as dubbed by the same ex) The Norco is called "joe-bike" (it's the gopher) The Maruishi is called "lo pop" (polo bike) The Knect is called "redneck" (it's red) The Free Spirit is called "Sophie" (Polish made lady's bike) The Diamond Back is called "squishy" (sculpted foam saddle) Motorcycles I remember The BSA was called "Jeff" (that was its name when I bought it) The Norton was called "Norton" (with a heavy Brooklyn accent) The Dnepr was called "Ivan" (Russian made sidecar) Cars I remember: "Jeeves" the Jaguar "Rolo" the Volvo "Mooncake" the Mazda "Fritz" the Jetta "Henry" the Dodge Diplomat -- zk |
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Naming a bike
David Kerber wrote:
Anybody else give their bike a name? Most of my bike don't have names, but a few do. There's Prince, my old and trusty stretch-framed cruiser. And Fat *******, my Surly MTB. X-plane is a weird 2-wheels-in-front contraption based on a Schwinn Varsity (riding it x-planes why bike aren't like that). Babe is my big blue chopper. My bikes which have not acquired names are no less loved than the ones that have, though. Thoughts on naming, from CHVNK 666 of Portland OR; http://dclxvi.org/chunk/tech/name/index.html Chalo Colina |
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Naming a bike
In article ,
David Kerber writes: This thread got my mind wandering in a completely different direction: how many of you give your bikes (and/or cars) names? Heck, I've gotta call 'em /something/ when I goad or encourage them. Yes, sometimes I talk (in a certain sense) to my bikes like they were saddle horses. Like when winding up for a sprint: "Gimme some of that juice, bike name!" I realize bikes don't have ears or brains[*]. It's just for my own benefit. I'm just externalizing goading or encouraging myself. But, it works for me. When you've got a bunch of 'em, names help to differentiate them. Right now, my stable consists of ol' Pig Iron (the main, workhorse bike -- a Norco Bigfoot), Gertrude (the black mixte Sekine), Rudy (the white DF Sekine), and Cousin It (the Araya). cheers, Tom [*] or /do/ they? hmmm. -- -- Powered by FreeBSD Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca |
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True Cost of a Supermarket Bike
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Ryan Cousineau writes: No, it's a fair question. As I have shown, all the good bikes are found at garage sales and behind bike shop dumpsters. I'll go a half-step further, and suggest all the good bikes, as well as dogs & cats, are the ones that naturally and seamlessly enmesh themselves into our lives without any effort on our parts to seek them out. They, instead, find us. Kind of a "destiny" thing. cheers, Tom -- -- Powered by FreeBSD Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca |
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True Cost of a Supermarket Bike
"Kaputnik" wrote in message om... Elisa Francesca Roselli wrote in message ... (snip) Moral of the story: now, when my colleagues ask me about a good place to buy a bike, I steer them away from the supermarket. EFR Ile de France Can't argue with that. I think you would have done even worse buying a department store bike in the U.S., although some of them sell low end Schwinns that might be upgradeable. French supermarkets do actually sell relatively good bikes. I've never had one of the road bikes with "sora", but I did buy a rigid MTB with "alivio" groupset many years ago, and in spite of a hi-ten frame gave many years of good service. A different moral to the story would be - get things with standard parts, avoid fussy things that will break, realise a bargain isnt really a bargain and alter expectations accordingly. |
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True Cost of a Supermarket Bike
jacques wrote: Please forgive me for what I will say, which is useless, unkind and also far too easy after the facts, but I can't help it: After all the time you've spent posting and supposedly reading in this newsgroup, why did you go to a supermarket to buy your bike ? Please don't hate me But Jacques, I only ever came into this newsgroup well _after_ I bought Myrtille, and as a consequence of so doing. So if it hadn't been for her I would never have had the pleasure of your acquaintance and that of the others. And if she hadn't been so problematic, constantly driving me to ask questions and seek advice from these amiable experts, I might never have learned as much as I did in the process. So you see, she is a karmic bike after all. EFR Ile de France who'll only hate you if you drive a SUV into me %° |
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True Cost of a Supermarket Bike
DiabloScott wrote: Just Zis Guy wrote: how many of you give your bikes (and/or cars) names? Mike Eddy Jed J.J.Maria-Angelica (RIP) I'm still trying to find a name for my new Dutch bike, or rather, waiting for her to name herself. At the moment, she still answers to Behemoth, but I'm hoping that might change. EFR Ile de France |
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True Cost of a Supermarket Bike
Tom Keats wrote: I'll go a half-step further, and suggest all the good bikes, as well as dogs & cats, are the ones that naturally and seamlessly enmesh themselves into our lives without any effort on our parts to seek them out. They, instead, find us. Kind of a "destiny" thing. You may be right, but I reached the age of 46 without ever being chosen or pursued by a bike. Perhaps I was cruel to one in a previous life, and am deemed fundamentally unworthy. Ah well, if my new bike, as I recently surmised, is a Lutheran, then perhaps it's a matter of Redemption by Faith Alone. EFR Ile de France |
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