Is there any bike related postings here anymore?

Kevin

Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front.

Kevin

Brian Kerr

Kevin wrote:
> Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front.
>
> Kevin
>
>


Sad isn't it

alanstew@sbcglobal.net

On Apr 11, 7:26*am, "Kevin" <kevin.mcint...@hp.com> wrote:
> Just curious... :-) *It looks more like an ebay store front.
>
> Kevin

But, but, Kevin, now I know where to buy a cheap FAKE WATCH. Very
useful when you don't want to know what time it is.
And how about those call girls in HYDERABAD and
BANGALORE.....oooooooWhee! Now that's livivn' son!!
BTW, Call girls in Bang Galore? It's worthy of Ian Flemming.
ABS

Tom Sherman

Kevin McIntyre wrote:
> Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front.
>
That and cross-posted flame wars started by donquixote1954 aka
CommendanteBanana.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Tom Keats

In article <ftnse5$9ia$1@news-pa1.hpl.hp.com>,
"Kevin" <kevin.mcintyre@hp.com> writes:
> Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front.

I've just passed the 8th anniversary of my
stewardship of my main bike -- an old-skool
MTB that somebody discarded at the closure
of our last public transit strike.

The only "original" parts remaining since
I got the bike are the frame (even the
fork is a replacement) and the Sugino AT
crankset.

Last week I dropped $40 for a new rear wheel
c/w screw-on freewheel hub. It's a nondescript,
single-wall-rim'd, straight-gauge-spoked li'l
beauty. I was lucky to find something with
a threaded hub. The outer walls on double-walled
rims wear from braking just as quickly as single
wall rims.

The front wheel rim is getting fairly worn,
so I might buy an whole new front wheel this
weekend. Since I'm doing 40 hour work weeks,
[re]building wheels eats into my precious riding
time. And maybe I'll look into obtaining either
a taller stem (one where the front brake cable
stop is an hole bored right through the thing)
or a riser handlebar.

I've thought about getting a new bike; maybe
a DaVinci Umbria or something like, but my
current whip has served me well and faithfully,
and I've become rather fond of it, and respectful
of its perserverance. It's always there for me.
It's gotten me home while I was in dire straits,
and it's gotten me away from dire straits at home.
Besides, I like having threaded eyelets for everything,
a rigid fork, and old style cantilever brakes & levers.
It's easier to fit fenders around old style canti brakes
than V-brakes, and old style canti brake levers just feel
good to me. And 18 speeds/x-over gearing inc. granny is
generally more than sufficient for my needs.

I bought a new rubber bulb horn for it last week, too.

Maybe I'll paint the frame when (if) the weather
becomes conducive. I think I and the bike would
like something '60s-ish psychedelic.


cheers,
Tom
--
"... my Preshuss ..."
-- Gollum
I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

catzz66

Tom Keats wrote:
> In article <ftnse5$9ia$1@news-pa1.hpl.hp.com>,
> "Kevin" <kevin.mcintyre@hp.com> writes:
>> Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front.
>
> I've just passed the 8th anniversary of my
> stewardship of my main bike -- an old-skool
> MTB that somebody discarded at the closure
> of our last public transit strike.
>
> The only "original" parts remaining since
> I got the bike are the frame (even the
> fork is a replacement) and the Sugino AT
> crankset.
>
> Last week I dropped $40 for a new rear wheel
> c/w screw-on freewheel hub. It's a nondescript,
> single-wall-rim'd, straight-gauge-spoked li'l
> beauty. I was lucky to find something with
> a threaded hub. The outer walls on double-walled
> rims wear from braking just as quickly as single
> wall rims.
>
> The front wheel rim is getting fairly worn,
> so I might buy an whole new front wheel this
> weekend. Since I'm doing 40 hour work weeks,
> [re]building wheels eats into my precious riding
> time. And maybe I'll look into obtaining either
> a taller stem (one where the front brake cable
> stop is an hole bored right through the thing)
> or a riser handlebar.
>
> I've thought about getting a new bike; maybe
> a DaVinci Umbria or something like, but my
> current whip has served me well and faithfully,
> and I've become rather fond of it, and respectful
> of its perserverance. It's always there for me.
> It's gotten me home while I was in dire straits,
> and it's gotten me away from dire straits at home.
> Besides, I like having threaded eyelets for everything,
> a rigid fork, and old style cantilever brakes & levers.
> It's easier to fit fenders around old style canti brakes
> than V-brakes, and old style canti brake levers just feel
> good to me. And 18 speeds/x-over gearing inc. granny is
> generally more than sufficient for my needs.
>
> I bought a new rubber bulb horn for it last week, too.
>
> Maybe I'll paint the frame when (if) the weather
> becomes conducive. I think I and the bike would
> like something '60s-ish psychedelic.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom

Yes. Most of us are probably out riding when we can.

Jay

"Kevin" <kevin.mcintyre@hp.com> wrote in message
news:ftnse5$9ia$1@news-pa1.hpl.hp.com...
> Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front.
>
> Kevin
>
I guess you missed my RBT face plant thread?

J.

Jym Dyer

>> Maybe I'll paint the frame when (if) the weather becomes
>> conducive. I think I and the bike would like something
>> '60s-ish psychedelic.

=v= Beautiful Saturday and I'm sitting around waiting for
delivery of my "psycho lime" bike. (You can google the color.)

> Yes. Most of us are probably out riding when we can.

=v= True enough. Others are spamming when they can, though. :-(
<_Jym_>

"There's a SEASON?"
-- Yehuda Moon

Tom Sherman

Jay Bollyn wrote:
> "Kevin" <kevin.mcintyre@hp.com> wrote in message
> news:ftnse5$9ia$1@news-pa1.hpl.hp.com...
>> Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
> I guess you missed my RBT face plant thread?
>
I hope the Electra survived without damage.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Jay

"Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ftqvto$q5d$4@registered.motzarella.org...
> Jay Bollyn wrote:
>> "Kevin" <kevin.mcintyre@hp.com> wrote in message
>> news:ftnse5$9ia$1@news-pa1.hpl.hp.com...
>>> Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>> I guess you missed my RBT face plant thread?
>>
> I hope the Electra survived without damage.
>
> --
> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
> The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
>
>
Seriously, I can't find it, and dat B no jok. I think Niles PD has it, but I
have no leverage over dos guys. My leverage has limits. Basically limited to
Chicago, or Cicero. I am dat kinda guy.

No one - not CPD District 16 - Niles PD - Bollingbrook PD - CFD - knows
where da bike is. I am ready to write it off, and buy another.

PLEASE! Do NOT make J mad. J is a rilly bad seed.

J.

Tom Sherman

Jay Bollyn wrote:
> "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ftqvto$q5d$4@registered.motzarella.org...
>> Jay Bollyn wrote:
>>> "Kevin" <kevin.mcintyre@hp.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ftnse5$9ia$1@news-pa1.hpl.hp.com...
>>>> Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front.
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>>>
>>> I guess you missed my RBT face plant thread?
>>>
>> I hope the Electra survived without damage.
>>
> Seriously, I can't find it, and dat B no jok. I think Niles PD has it, but I
> have no leverage over dos guys. My leverage has limits. Basically limited to
> Chicago, or Cicero. I am dat kinda guy.
>
No compromising information on Governor "BlahBlah" or Speaker Madigan -
or his daughter - she could whip a local PD into line, no?

> No one - not CPD District 16 - Niles PD - Bollingbrook PD - CFD - knows
> where da bike is. I am ready to write it off, and buy another.
>
Civil suit?

> PLEASE! Do NOT make J mad. J is a rilly bad seed.
>
Don't get mad, get even.

However, because of Boub vs. Township of Wayne, you can likely not sue
over the road conditions that caused the accident.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Jay

"Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ftr4pd$leg$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>
> Don't get mad, get even.
>
> However, because of Boub vs. Township of Wayne, you can likely not sue
> over the road conditions that caused the accident.
>
> --
> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
> The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
>
>
Tom; it ain't worth it.

J.

Tom Keats

In article <ftqvto$q5d$4@registered.motzarella.org>,
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> writes:
> Jay Bollyn wrote:
>> "Kevin" <kevin.mcintyre@hp.com> wrote in message
>> news:ftnse5$9ia$1@news-pa1.hpl.hp.com...
>>> Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>> I guess you missed my RBT face plant thread?
>>
> I hope the Electra survived without damage.

I sing the bicycle Electra.
If you're feeling frowny,
get thee aboard a Townie.

I can't even begin to imagine wiping out
on one of those things.

Are they bunny-hoppable? I guess even if
they were, all yer groceries would fly out
of the basket. Baguettes de la rue.
For some reason, a dozen eggs survives
pavemental jolts better than a half-dozen eggs.
Grocery shopping by bike is fraught with such
nuances. And the clerk will always fill your
shopping bags in the worst possible combinations,
like putting your loaf of bread next to a big,
floppy can of V8 in the same bag. And (especially
if you're obviously riding 'cuz you've got a
helmet on) the clerk will assume you're gonna
hang everything on your handlebar, so she'll
automatically double-bag everything until you
ask her to please stop doing that while handing
her your re-usable muslin shopping bags to put
everything into. And then, when you get outside
the store, you've still gotta reorganize everything
before you lade your bike with it.

It's good to return home with uncompressed bread
and unbroken eggs.


cheers,
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

Tom Keats

In article <ftr6po$ul0$1@registered.motzarella.org>,
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> writes:
> Tom Keats wrote:
>> In article <ftqvto$q5d$4@registered.motzarella.org>,
>> Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> writes:
>>> Jay Bollyn wrote:
>>>> "Kevin" <kevin.mcintyre@hp.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:ftnse5$9ia$1@news-pa1.hpl.hp.com...
>>>>> Just curious... :-) It looks more like an ebay store front.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kevin
>>>>>
>>>> I guess you missed my RBT face plant thread?
>>>>
>>> I hope the Electra survived without damage.
>>
>> I sing the bicycle Electra.
>> If you're feeling frowny,
>> get thee aboard a Townie.
>>
>> I can't even begin to imagine wiping out
>> on one of those things.
>>
> Jay's model (lost by the Niles PD?) is/was an Amsterdam [1], not a
> Townie: <http://www.electrabike.com/amsterdam/>.

I can't even begin to imagine wiping out
on one of those things either.

>> It's good to return home with uncompressed bread
>> and unbroken eggs.

> No self-service checkout lanes?

Yeah, but up here we call it "shoplifting."


cheers,
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca