Ian | 9/5/2006 | 11:20 pm
So Sally left me. Well she ran away with Glen– Although he did pay me for her, so I guess it’s not such a bad deal. The nice part is that made room in the hallway for Shannon (bigger!):
Shannon is a Bridgestone RB2 which was designed by the legendary Grant Petersen of Rivendell Bikes and I gotta tell ya, that guy knows his stuff. Even with both wheels badly needing truing and air it rode like a tightly spinning gyroscope all the way home from the loop. The only concern I have is that the rear hub is pretty much shot and the front chainring seems a bit warped (I’m hoping it’s just the big chainring) but neither one of those should cost too much to resurrect this classic.
If you happen to dig it check out Sheldon Brown’s page on the old Bridgestones– there’s quite a bit about them that’s well ahead of it’s time and it makes for some interesting reading.
Quit bitching about not having anything new to read and read one of these books:
- Little, Big
- The Devil in the White City
- Bomb the Suburbs
- Fabulous Small Jews
- House of Leaves
- Dreamcatcher (hey it’s still summer/light reading season)
For some reason I am really not photogenic. I mean, if I sit there long enough with a camera I can take a picture that looks like me, but more often than not in quick snapshots I’m the guy who looks either like a goon, a goof, or a monster from another planet. This is why I was amazed when my friend Julie managed to take a casual snapshot of me that not only looks like me, but that actually looks good!
Too bad there’s not much call for shots of me sitting on the sidewalk next to a trash can and a bike.
Ian | 9/3/2006 | 11:07 am
When spell check goes horribly wrong.
Edit: Grr Craigslist.. I knew I should have made a cached copy.
It was funny, someone was trying to sell a “Bicycle Hamlet” for $3… I suppose it looses a lot of humor away from it’s original source. Bummer.
