Friday, November 21, 2008

Bicycles keep coming my way

I found two more bicycles the other day. Both are Raleigh 3-speeds. I seem to attract classic bikes from the 70s.

I saw them leaning against some poles near my house. I decided if I came by later and they were still there that I would take them. I came by later and there they were. A men's and a women's Raleigh 3-speed.

Neither work completely. One has fenders falling off. The other has tires so cracked and worn they can't even be temporarily ridden on. I don't know if they shift or work properly otherwise. They look like they do. So I'll get some new tires and take 'em down to Bicicentro and see if I can get them working again.

I'll have to open up Piper's Classic Bicycles soon to sell all the classic bikes I keep finding. I still have the Schwinn 3-speed I found a few months ago. It still doesn't work properly. I'm no bike mechanic, but the bikes come to me anyway.

3 comments:

  1. Congratulations is in order for publishing your second book. You are becoming a prolific writer, and we readers are the beneficiaries.

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  2. Heh heh. The second book, Santa Barbara Hikes, was just a few of my hikes on my web site put into printed form.

    I look at it this way, on the web, people make a request to a server for a file and it's sent to a web browser. A print-on-demand book is the same but instead people make a request for a printed book and it comes by mail to your house.

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  3. Well, you took the time to put something into words. And it is much more than a mere file. Keep it up, I enjoy your writing.

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