quality of life issues

CX magazine photo

Sort of like Suzanne
you know that she's half crazy
but that's why you want to be there
and she feeds you tea and oranges
that come all the way from China
 
but we’re talking Sally here
and he has solid steel bikes
that come all the way from China
delivered right to your door

There really is a Sally Claus
There is
No really,  there is

This is not your dad’s old Raleigh but your dad would not feel out of place on this bike   The respectfully neo-retro Port Townsend features proven technology and no fluffy trendy shit. Full fenders and bar end shifters. This bike has more steel than Johnstown and I do believe "Port Townsend" sounds better than "Pittsburgh"   Your dad might throw it in the stand one day for an overhaul and expect to find a square taper bottom bracket and a quill stem. However he will encounter outboard bearings at the BB and an 1-1/8” threadless headset. But it is 2011 after all “dad”  and Dura Ace has been trickling down through Ultegra to Tiagra to Sora for years.  

Work continues on my Steel Bike Philosophy PhD, which began back in 1975 when the training wheels came off the midget Sting Ray and I rode around the block unassisted. Here and now in 2011, I’m throwing a leg over another steel bike, a brand spanking new steel bike and shifting gears in more ways than one.

…to be continued

there are two kinds of people in the world…

those that punch a random time on the microwave and watch it go round a while, then stop it when they feel like their food is warm 

and

those that program the microwave timer precisely according to instructions and then wait patiently until the specified time expires before they eat their meal

there are those that make ridiculous two-kinds-of-people statements

and

there’s everyone else

the pain means it's working

Dear Santa,

Please bring me a 57cm Raleigh Port Townsend. You can just tell the elves to make it like this

sincerely  for real   really, 

pilderwasser

It’s not about etiquette

It’s not about traffic laws

It’s not about common sense

It’s all about finding a parking space 

seamrip photo seam rip

beer me Sally         

photo poached from Boston Biker

how about a handmade hat from Double Darn in PDX

or a handmade messenger bag with accessories from DANK 

any and all of these items are better than fruitcake and 

they cycle money back into the cycling economy

A truly 2010 Seattle Christmas commercial

Heading home in the rain with a tree on the handlebars 

Cue the Budweiser song

Consumer confidence is up

Devlin photo 1998

Quon photo 2009

an amazing weekend, it was, and       NO BIKE RIDING

nothing like a rockstar weekend jaunt to the San Juans via sea plane 

for a new perspective

a change of scenery

and a new outlook

sometimes it's important to slow down   and ride on the sidewalk

Nothing says pilderwasser in December better than this here four-year-old stock photo of Wilson roasting chestnuts with ladies from the Sonics dance team in front of the Four Seasons hotel.  Year after year. Not that it never gets old, it just keeps coming back like Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas.

Have a good weekend Quon and Happy New Year!

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