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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
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