View Full Version : NAHBS heads to Richmond!
http://www.velonews.com/article/91979
Next February.
Brrr.
divingbiker
05-12-2009, 06:08 PM
Road trip!
Cataboo
05-12-2009, 07:20 PM
I should think about it.
Especially considering that I was so busy ogling someone's fixie conversion on the bike rack this morning at work, that I turned around and walked straight into a pole that really had to have been like 3 inches from me.
tulip
05-13-2009, 05:44 AM
oooh! Party, my house!
Cataboo
05-13-2009, 05:44 AM
oooh! Party, my house!
You just want to show off your pretty new kitchen :)
tulip
05-13-2009, 05:47 AM
You just want to show off your pretty new kitchen :)
and...?;)
divingbiker
05-13-2009, 06:38 AM
and we'd get to meet Shiloh!
I should think about it.
Especially considering that I was so busy ogling someone's fixie conversion on the bike rack this morning at work, that I turned around and walked straight into a pole that really had to have been like 3 inches from me.
Think really hard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVKsd8z6scw)
just the beginning, not the white shoes part
tulip
05-14-2009, 04:40 AM
Think really hard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVKsd8z6scw)
just the beginning, not the white shoes part
Are you thinking of doing that on my new concrete counters??
No:D
I was thinking of Catriona going in there and knocking all the bikes over :eek:
Cataboo
05-14-2009, 09:24 AM
No:D
I was thinking of Catriona going in there and knocking all the bikes over :eek:
No, no. I'm very respectful of bikes. I don't fair as well for coordination for myself, however. Except for my surly's rear tire/wheel. It had a flat on the rear yesterday. Again. Except I had taken the frame pump off to put the bike on my car, and hadn't thought to put it back to take it to work with me because it's only a mile or two to work. So I checked all the other bikes in the bike racks and noone had a pump I could borrow, so I walked home to get mine.
Saturday, the BF & I tried to go for a ride. We were leaving the house and he noticed the rear tire on his bike was out of true, so he grabbed the rear tire from another bike. We go about 5 miles & his bike starts hissing... Pull over, take his rear tire off, and it's got 3 thorns through it. I had some patches & 1 spare innertube. He had a camelbak with nothing in it (*boggle*)
We tried the patches first, but they weren't self stick & I didn't have glue. Oops. Then we put in the spare innertube. During all this, 3 cyclists pass to ask if we need any help... no, we're fine.
So he starts pumping up the spare innertube, which was one of those long vale tubes for deep dish rims, and then the long valve snaps off.
At this point, no cyclists are passing us to offer us spare innertubes or patches, so he took my rear wheel & road back to get the car.
Then we went hiking instead.
And spent however long fixing rear wheels that night - got my surly wheel flat & true, pumped it up, set it aside, worked on his wheels, and then the surly innertube explodes.
Surly rear wheels do not like me.
So if anyone has a surly, we should lock it out of my reach.
jobob
05-15-2009, 11:10 AM
Cool! Lots of "stupid bike accessories" and the consumers who use them! ;)
No, this is not Interbike.
jobob
05-15-2009, 06:27 PM
... and you have been to how many NAHBSs ?
divingbiker
05-16-2009, 01:29 AM
Cool! Lots of "stupid bike accessories" and the consumers who use them! ;)
Huh, I didn't realize this. I figured it was more like a museum, where you look and ooh and aah and maybe dream about someday ordering a custom bike. I didn't know I'd actually be able to buy stupid bike accessories. Cool!
At NABHS ,as in life, we see what we want to see :)
What else could you possibly need aside from this? (http://www.amazon.com/Sunlite-Deluxe-Bicycle-Handlebar-Headlight/dp/B0011FWPA6)
tulip
02-10-2010, 06:51 AM
Getting close! The local bike club, RABA, will be hosting an urban ride on Friday evening, so bring your lights if you come. There seems to be alot of excitement about the show. I'm really looking forward to it.
divingbiker
02-11-2010, 01:47 PM
I bought a ticket for Saturday. Anybody want to carpool down to Richmond with me?
tulip
02-24-2010, 07:47 PM
2more days!! I have 5 people, and at least 7 bikes, staying at my house. DB, you know how small my house is...gonna be interesting. I'll keep a lookout for you.
7rider
02-26-2010, 09:22 AM
Oooooo.
Ted Wojcik (http://www.handmadebicycleshow.com/2010/02/ted-wojcik-custom-bicycles/) is going to be there!
Cool.
divingbiker
02-26-2010, 11:47 AM
2more days!! I have 5 people, and at least 7 bikes, staying at my house. DB, you know how small my house is...gonna be interesting. I'll keep a lookout for you.
Uh, how is that going to be possible? Sleeping bags on the floor, I guess.
Yes, I'll be on the lookout for you, too.
kmehrzad
02-26-2010, 12:21 PM
I bought a ticket for Saturday. Anybody want to carpool down to Richmond with me?
Hey DB, is that offer still on the table? I don't have a ticket because I thought I might be riding on Saturday but that ain't (sic) happening with this wind. If you're only going for the day and have the room, I could help with gas. Also, do you think it'd be possible to get in without a ticket?
divingbiker
02-26-2010, 12:27 PM
Hey DB, is that offer still on the table? I don't have a ticket because I thought I might be riding on Saturday but that ain't (sic) happening with this wind. If you're only going for the day and have the room, I could help with gas. Also, do you think it'd be possible to get in without a ticket?
Turns out I'm riding down now with 7rider and her husband, so it's up to her.;) They're buying tickets at the door.
kmehrzad
02-26-2010, 12:31 PM
Turns out I'm riding down now with 7rider and her husband, so it's up to her.;) They're buying tickets at the door.
Sounds like you might have a car full already. I don't want to impose.
7rider
02-26-2010, 01:06 PM
We can fit four.
PM me your info, and I'll speak to my chauffeur (aka DH) about picking you up.
Cataboo
02-26-2010, 01:41 PM
and you guys can test try out the bike friday while you're at it! Bonus!
kmehrzad
02-27-2010, 01:41 PM
7Rider and your DH - Thanks again for the ride to Richmond for the bike show. I had a good time. Enjoyed the company of DivingBiker, as well. Tulip, nice putting a face to a name (Avatar).
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