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Author: Boston Blackie (novitiate at the BikeALot)Boston Blackie (novitiate at the BikeALot) Date: Sep 29, 2007 15:28
The first one was nice, but I'm too old for coaster brakes and I'm
afraid 3 speeds won't get me where I need to go.
And in the end...
the love you take...
is equal to
The Electra Townie 21.
I believe it spoke to me. Or maybe its wheels spoke to me or maybe its
wheels' spokes did something, like, whatever, but within the limits of
Gillian Welch's studio's parking lot, I tooled around and fell in love.
Black is the colour of my true love's frame.
Her seat so soft and wondrous fair
The purest gears
and the strongest brakes
I love the ground on where she rolls.
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Author: maxomaxo Date: Sep 29, 2007 16:44
On Sep 29, 5:28 pm, Boston Blackie (novitiate at the BikeALot)
mail.com> wrote:> The first one was nice, but I'm too old for coaster brakes and I'm
> afraid 3 speeds won't get me where I need to go.
>
> And in the end...
> the love you take...
> is equal to
> The Electra Townie 21.
>
> I believe it spoke to me. Or maybe its wheels spoke to me or maybe its
> wheels' spokes did something, like, whatever, but within the limits of
> Gillian Welch's studio's parking lot, I tooled around and fell in love.
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Author: JGJG Date: Sep 29, 2007 18:43
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:44:55 -0000, maxo gmail.com> wrote:
>> I believe it spoke to me. Or maybe its wheels spoke to me or maybe its
>> wheels' spokes did something, like, whatever, but within the limits of
>> Gillian Welch's studio's parking lot, I tooled around and fell in love.
>
>Neato! Don't forget to get some accessories, like a menacing 8-ball
>bell. Woohoo! Heck, I'm surprised I didn't run into you, as I made a
>14 mile round trip to Harris Teeter to get some tuna around 4:30. Once
>ya got a rack and bags, you start doing stupid things like that. Get
>fenders and you do things like that in the rain, and then you get all
>slim'n'handsome and the ladies say things like, "hey, is that a Townie
>21?" or in my case, "Nice sparkle blue Kona, sugar!"
We were over there right around that time too. Assuming we're
talking about Saturday afternoon. I was halfway looking for a tall
Swede but it didn't occur to me to look for a private investigator.
I'm pretty sure neither of you were there while we were though.
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Author: maxomaxo Date: Sep 29, 2007 19:15
On Sep 29, 8:43 pm, JG nowhere.com> wrote:>
> The Townies are pretty slick, for that kind of bike (whatever "that"
> is). The wife doesn't like the high saddle of her Trek, or the saddle
> (which I know she knows is not welded to the bike) and so she just
> pretty much doesn't ride anymore. She was quite taken by the features
> and style of the Townie, but for some reason refused the proprietor's
> offer of a test ride around said parking lot. She's got a birthday
> coming up though, so now I've got a pretty good idea what I might get
> her. Seemed like a right friendly place.
>
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Author: JGJG Date: Sep 29, 2007 19:40
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:15:31 -0000, maxo gmail.com> wrote:
> they're really hip to the boom in
>cycling over here on the left bank, and I think they'll start to move
>from more cruisery bikes to even stocking something like Breezer city
>bikes, which are pretty much the modern variation on the north Euro
>city bike.
It seems like they really have the neighborhood working for them.
East Nashville has become the kind of place where people can and do
ride. Not so with most of the other bike shops around town -- except
maybe the Bike Peddler. I'm sure I'm not thinking of some shops and
don't even know about others, but that doesn't change the fact that
East Side is right where it needs to be for a big part of its
clientele. And it's at least as convenient as any other bike shop for
those of us who don't live next door to one. You seem to be right
about the lack of a smoke-up-your-ass sales style too.
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Author: Boston Blackie (Ready to love my Electra Townie forever)Boston Blackie (Ready to love my Electra Townie forever) Date: Sep 29, 2007 19:52
On 2007-09-29 18:44:55 -0500, maxo gmail.com> said:
> On Sep 29, 5:28 pm, Boston Blackie (novitiate at the BikeALot)
> mail.com> wrote:>> The first one was nice, but I'm too old for coaster brakes and I'm
>> afraid 3 speeds won't get me where I need to go.
>
> Neato! Don't forget to get some accessories, like a menacing 8-ball
> bell. Woohoo! Heck, I'm surprised I didn't run into you, as I made a
> 14 mile round trip to Harris Teeter to get some tuna around 4:30.
Blair and 21st wasn't on the route today. The Bike shop and then a
couple of other trips including the Produce Place for some
underpinnings for my black bean soup. Won't get the bike until Monday,
we found some marks on the rear fender that 1) they will cover and 2)
they gave me a generous discount on account of as how.
I'm planning that the bike will help me become more slim, handsome,
well, I dunno.
> I must say, Hillsboro Village sucks even greater ass than ever. I
> should like it being an urbanite, but there are still too many blondes
> in GMCs and young men in tennis visors.
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Author: Boston Blackie (novitiate at the Church of the Living Kent)Boston Blackie (novitiate at the Church of the Living Kent) Date: Sep 29, 2007 19:55
On 2007-09-29 21:15:31 -0500, maxo gmail.com> said:
> . I
> think they get the fact that home wrenches like me are the best word
> of mouth advertisement, and they sure treat me nice. :-)
yes. I would not have known about the shop were it not for you and
certainly I would not have plunked down my hard earned taxpayer dollars
for the bike had you not advocated for them.
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Author: Boston Blackie (novitiate at the Church of the Living Kent)Boston Blackie (novitiate at the Church of the Living Kent) Date: Sep 29, 2007 19:57
On 2007-09-29 21:15:31 -0500, maxo gmail.com> said:
> They do have their
> downsides, like visibility in traffic,
I'm a gonna follow MK on this one. They diss me on my bike, I blow a
hole through them big enough to slide a football field through.
Without the rash.
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Author: maxomaxo Date: Sep 29, 2007 20:27
On Sep 29, 9:52 pm, Boston Blackie (Ready to love my Electra Townie
forever) mail.com> wrote:
> Near the new home is St. Ann. The more I see of the folks who go
> there, the more I think they're akin to the folks to attend St. Ann's
> in East Nashville.
>
> You know, reasonable.
I don't believe in the woolly sky guy or his progeny which supposedly
was caused by a brilliant missile like sperm into the womb of a virgin
and all that (I'm more into compassion and Brazilian porno) , but the
St. Ann folks are darn nice, and even though they believe in silly
things, I still love them, well, because they are good kind people.
You can't dismiss good kind people even if you think the things they
believe in are silly, because they're still good people, if silly. The
whoopee cushion kneelers are a gas!
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Author: Doug Smith W9WIDoug Smith W9WI Date: Sep 30, 2007 17:32
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:40:17 +0000, JG wrote:
> Cumberland Transit used to be a lot like that back in the early
> 70's, when they were on Broadway and only sold bikes and the place was
> still owned by young what's-his-name. The Jolly Cyclist seems to have
> some good folks now, (it's been a few months since I've been in) but
> they are out in freaking Borneo.
While probably closer to the moon than Borneo... The Bicycle Center on
Madison St. in Clarksville has done me good over the years. Actively
involved in a number of organized events - and are lucky they didn't drive
themselves into bankruptcy giving away spare tubes after some kind of
thorns flattened a few dozen riders' tires in the 2006 Sunrise Century.
(apparently I was very lucky to have *only* two flats...)
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