November 2011
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odd new bike and misc stuffs
We have filled the mechanic’s position.
FLASH: It was filled until this morning (Thurs the 1st). The good fellow, underestimated the commute time from his distant home, and had to quit. So we’re again accepting resumes (send, with salary requirements, to john@rivbike.com). If it gives you the willies when you don’t know what to say—then you may not be a good fit.
FLASH...
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Closed B. Friday, Open 10-2 Sat; and more on Rosco...
We’ll be closed Friday, and were going to be closed Saturday too, but then Harry said he looked forward to the Saturdays, and now’s not a great time for us to be closed for four days in a row, so from 10 to 2 Saturday we’ll be here, but we may not be getting the phones. We’re bad a Saturday phones even when we have three or four of us, and with only two—-well, we’ll be really bad.
I/Grant am...
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assorted pre-Thanksgiving comments
Have I mentioned this before? I don’t know, but I’ve thought of it a lot. It has to do with the lock selection and glove selection and helmet selection at any Big Ol’ Bike shop, and how…selection can lead to heart attacks and a gushing release of cortisol, the stress hormone. This $48 lock has a protection rating of eight, and weighs 21 ounces and opens with a combination....
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Beyond Rosco Bubby...for now
This post is an unimportant peek, as literally as this format allows, into a plastic tub full of bike stuffs I don’t use and for some reason didn’t want to throw out. Some of it will go on sale at our Garage Sale sometime in Dec. Not the good stuff, though.
Here’s the tub.
Here’s a trio that’s never been co-photographed. An Exxon Graftek (first carbon bike)...
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Mini bike for 7 to 9? A back-burner deal. Emphasis...
The price may be unachievable, and a $600 Rosco Bubby kiddie bike is semi-insane. We are cautiously pursuing and investigating WHILE we do the daydaday… so, the following stuff may evaporate. The RB is a nice idea…well-conceived…but maybe pipe-dreamy unrealistic. Here’s yesterday’s post. There is clearly lots of interest.
It’s not worth getting all wound up...
