Anyone seen Pardes lately?

[emily_in_nc]

Anyone seen or heard from Pardes lately? One of her bikes came in for service at the shop where I work, and it's been there for awhile now. The shop staff are all beginning to wonder....

Thanks.

Wow, that's kind of spooky. Dropping off the forum happens all the time; I'm off and on it myself; sometimes posting incessantly, other times, don't get to visit for a week or two or even a month or more. But leaving her bike at a shop for a longer than normal time when she was such a regular rider...that worries me.

Please let us know if she picks it up!

[wackyjacky1]

Last time I noticed she had disappeared for a while (back in Oct or Nov) I pm'd her just to see if she was okay. She wrote back that she had been really busy with work.

I just sent her another pm to see if all is well.

[Cataboo]

It sounds like she was starting up something new about when she stopped posting, so maybe she's just very busy with that:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=28837

[Selkie]

Let's hope she's just busy. Pardes is a wise, special lady, and I miss her posts and her blogging.

[Becky]

Last time I noticed she had disappeared for a while (back in Oct or Nov) I pm'd her just to see if she was okay. She wrote back that she had been really busy with work.

I just sent her another pm to see if all is well.

Please let me know if you hear back. I'll follow up with my shop manager as needed.

[uforgot]

Please let me know if you hear back. I'll follow up with my shop manager as needed.

I find it strange that the shop can't contact her. Don't you normally take addresses or phone numbers from people who leave bikes? They just drop in and leave them with no contact info? Asking us here, about contacting someone who is doing business with you seems a little "un" businesslike.

[Becky]

I find it strange that the shop can't contact her. Don't you normally take addresses or phone numbers from people who leave bikes? They just drop in and leave them with no contact info? Asking us here, about contacting someone who is doing business with you seems a little "un" businesslike.

No one has been able to reach her by phone. If we had, I wouldn't be posting any of this. I'm not posting as a representative of my shop- I'm posting as a concerned individual. She's a valued, well-liked member of this community, and I'm reaching out to others here to make sure that she's ok.

Please don't mis-interpret my intentions as commercial or financially-motivated in any way(I can't believe that I even have to say that!).

[uforgot]

Becky - not for one minute did I think you were commercially motivated. I've read your posts and know that's not you.

From your original post I had the impression that your shop was just waiting for someone to come in and get it. You didn't say that you had tried to contact her. Even Aggie asked why you didn't call. I had this image of someone finding the bike and everyone standing around scratching their heads. Wondering what to do. Made me wonder about the overall business atmosphere there.

Can't you call where she works? There can't be too many of those places around there and the entrance sign has been in her videos.

[Aggie_Ama]

That is a good idea, could any gleam where she worked? This is really odd, disappear from the boards is one thing but leaving one of her beloved bikes makes me worried, especially now that we know you have been calling.

I was actually thinking of the day I dropped my mountain bike off with the broken seat post, it was late on a busy Sunday and I just told the wrench I always talk to my full name, no other information and give me a call when the black one arrived and she was good to go. When I picked it up we laughed that he didn't ask for a number, I didn't supply it, thankfully I am in their system but what if I wasn't? Would my bike just sit there until I called wondering if my bike was done? I don't have a landline, I am not in any local clubs with a phone directory.

I hope she pops up and has been on some crazy adventure, safe and sound.

[Biciclista]

So Becky, you know what her name is and where she works, would you call her for ALL of us?

Thank you