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.83 Ladies Division Calendar for 2007

Mobius Cycle (Both Marcus & Niki) helped me build up a gorgeous bike. The Bruiser. A fixed nishiki blue steel baby. It's a beautiful machine. They also helped build up Hercules, Miss December's red and gold fixed gear, and work on Miss October's purple rodriguez.

It's already into 2007, but gorgeous girls on beautiful bikes are worth it!

Check it here:
http://www.point83.com/calendar

Handcuff Bike Lock

Gotta say, this looks like a nice, quick and compact bike lock to carry around. Wonder if there are cuffs that come with more secure key mechanisms?

http://www.kk.org/streetuse/archives/2006/10/handcuff_bike_lock.php

Must find me some tough cuffs...

Let me introduce myself...

Hey, I'm Chris. I'm a bike nut and I've liked bikes since I learned to ride when I was 12, but it really took off once I got a job at a camping store which also sold bikes in 1991. I've been doing bikes even since. My wife used to be a messenger in Washington, DC and I used to commute fifteen miles each way to my bke shop job year round. Let's just call us a family of bike nuts. I work part time for Aaron's Bicycle Repair in West Seattle. I work full time for the Man making a very limited ammount of the Internet work better.I ride with Point83 to make sure my liver knows it's place and put on some miles every week.

Two Flats Patched and Pumped

Rode up to Everett last weekend on the Interurban Trail with my two buddies. We were planning to connect with some other riders in Snohomish, but got delayed when we heard the distinct whine of escaping air. Turns out both my tires had been punctured and were going down fast. Must have hit a blackberry on the path.

An emergency patching session and replacement tube for my front wheel and we were back on track. Made it to the BBQ in time to share dinner and beers with everyone. The pump that I purchased could barely get pressure back to normal, and we broke a stem, so I will be looking for a new one that has a connecting hose.

Wisconsin on a Borrowed Beast

My happiest childhood memories are from the seat of a bicycle. When I was 5 my birthday present was the shiniest cherry red bicycle any little girl could hope for, this bike was somethin'.

My mom and her best friend Jeff went scouting at the junkyards the fall before. That winter his garage was off-limits to me and since I wasn't expecting a surprise I didn't think twice about it. My birthday is August 8th. Hot summer in Wisconsin, running around in my snoopy swimsuit it came time to "open presents". I remember recieving my own softball bat, a new glove Jeff would later teach me how to break-in, a softball and then a pause...where's my mom? Just minutes later she wheeled a bright red, white banana seated beauty out our front door! Oh my, they had taken a few different bicycles, stripped them down and rebuilt them into one glorious beast. The only new parts were the white grips on the super tall bars and the banana seat. They had painted it red and clear-coated it to a hi-gloss finish. My mom finished it off painting a dancing snoopy on the chainguard with the words "Niki's Snooper"! She also painted Woodstock as the head badge. It was the sweetest ride on the block!

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