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[DebW]

Knot and Trek, sounds like a great time at Rivendell. I've decided that today is my day to visit Harris Cyclery (the Rivendell of the East?) and buy 3-speed parts.

[mimitabby]

Knot, thanks for the Riv report! The info about Grant's bbike is priceless.
(How did you find out?)

It would have been fun to be surrounded by those particular bikes.

I didn't like the picture of the bike bag, it was hard to see (maybe it's because my eyes aren't focussing yet) i will have to see it in person, i am sure it is
really cool.

oh, gee, and DebW is going to Harris bike?!!

LBTC glad your dog's toe is finally healing!

Speaking of movies, we saw "On a clear day" the other night about a guy
(IRISH?) who swims the English Channel. The accent was so difficult for us
to understand that my husband finally remarked; "this is like watching an italian movie but with no subtitles.." it was a good movie, at least.

[Bruno28]

Speaking of movies, we saw "On a clear day" the other night about a guy
(IRISH?) who swims the English Channel. The accent was so difficult for us
to understand that my husband finally remarked; "this is like watching an italian movie but with no subtitles.." it was a good movie, at least.

Eh, that would be Scottish

And while I'm here

Happy Birthday Margo49!!!

[roguedog]

Hey.. happy bday margo...! What a lovely spring day it is here to celebrate it!

[mimitabby]

They were speaking Scottish?! wow! I had no idea it was such a strong accent.

Then two nights ago we watched Strictly Ballroom, which is Australian, and we marvelled at how much easier it was to understand in comparison.
(On a clear day was the better of the two)

[Trek420]

Knot, thanks for the Riv report! The info about Grant's bbike is priceless.
(How did you find out?)

Mimi, one of the employees told us "That's Grants bike".

What got me about the bag is the front pocket. Yeah, I'm shallow. The blurb in the catalog was something about it being the perfect place for a BART ticket. Light bulb (CFL) goes off over Treks head.

Right now the routine is:

skid to halt at BART
lean bike on booth or another passenger
cuss and curse as get backpack off of back
unzip vest
try to remember which jersey pocket has ticket
find ticket and swipe
reverse previous steps and go in.

then repeat at destination, on the way back ugh.

Just the idea that everything I need for a commute, clean shirt, bike lock....and the ticket is right there.

Sold.

Happy Birthday, Margo!!!

[roguedog]

Oh yeah.. Knot Trek.. or is it Trek Knot? hehehe

Your trip to Riv bike sounded awesome. Funny I pictured a quaint little shop like they have in downtown Walnut Creek.

I've always wanted to take a peek at what their retail shop looks like. Thanks for the write up!

[margo49]

Thanks for the B'day wishes all
Do you think I should change it to margo51?
Kind of like Area 51 (as well as that I am now not 49)
Then next year I could be margo52 (like the bomber)
When I was 16 of course I was M - 16 ( and being 5 foot 4 I was a Shortened M-16 into the bargain!)

btw, Now I am such a Tribal Elder and Crone could I be permitted the crotchety request of asking people to note that the "m" is lower case

[LBTC]

Good morning, everyone! I actually started a Saturday with yoga! For some reason, most weekends I just sleep late and don't start my day like every weekday.....it feels better this way!

K&T you'll have to tell us more of your adventure stories! Rivendell sounds fab and the bik bag is perfect! I can totally see it!

BM3 we loved Kinky Boots! Of course, I cried, as always. Last night we watched Stranger Than Fiction. It was pretty good, but really nothing compared with Kinky Boots!

Mimi, I haven't seen the movie you mentioned, but I really have a tough time with accents, too. They make me concentrate soooo hard when I watch the movie, but, hey, then I can't fall asleep!

Hey, should we start a movie thread?

'Cuda's toe continues to heal well. YAY! Now it's Ted's turn for his heart checkup. Keep your fingers crossed that there is good news and maybe we can even reduce some of his meds....

Time to get back to it and get stuff done!

Hugs and butterflies (hovering overhead to keep the rain off of BM3)

~T~

[DebW]

Knot, thanks for the Riv report! The info about Grant's bbike is priceless.
(How did you find out?)

It would have been fun to be surrounded by those particular bikes.

oh, gee, and DebW is going to Harris bike?!!

Harris was cool. There was a row of hanging frames, mostly Riv's (Rambroullet, Atlantis, Bleriot). Built bikes included Riv Saluki, Jamis Coda, some Terrys, a Burley Duet tandem. I even saw a Waterford ridden in by a customer.

I spent $370 on parts for the 3-speed. But it was fun. They had almost everything I needed except a rear rim (40 hole) which they will order and pawl springs for the AW hub (will order) and a replacement stem bolt (he will search the old bikes for one later). I even blew $90 on a new B72L - an exact replacement for the current crumbling saddle. Got new pedals, chain, cog, spokes, grips, tubes, rim tape, seat post, 3-speed pulley. Whoa, just checked my receipt and I paid $1.00 per spoke (72 spokes=$72). No wonder it all cost so much. Well, I did get good service - Elton even shook my hand as I was leaving.

I think spokes were $0.15 each in 1973. What does that make the inflation rate? Only 5.7%.

[margo49]

a replacement stem bolt

So you are just replacing the stem bolt
- are you happy with that (query? dinged and bent) front fork then?

[DebW]

So you are just replacing the stem bolt
- are you happy with that (query? dinged and bent) front fork then?

The stem bolt was so munged that I had to use vise-grips to remove it. The fork is still bent, though I beat on it some to make the steering tube straighter. So why am I spending money on parts for this bike without straightening or replacing the fork? I've decided to get it back on the road and see how it rides and how much I ride it before I make a decision on doing something about the fork. I'll ask the framebuilder who is building my custom frame for advice and go from there.

[DrBee]

Happy Birthday margo!

We are having beautiful weather here - sunny, low 80's.

Trek and Knot - sounds like you're having a fun adventure!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Knot and Trek, sounds like a great time at Rivendell. I've decided that today is my day to visit Harris Cyclery (the Rivendell of the East?) and buy 3-speed parts.

Say hi to Elton for us! Tell him it's hi from Brian Sullivan and Lisa.

ooops...too late i guess!

We love Harris', it's where we bought our 2 Rambouillets from. Unfortunately it's a 2 1/2 hour drive from our house to get there. That means most of the work on our bikes needs to be done closer to home at another LBS.