In a message dated 11/25/01 12:17:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, Wornoutguy writes:
> I took a set of wheels in to be built into a local bike shop 5 weeks ago and
> they have not even looked at them since.
I am a local wheel-builder people eventually turn to when they tired of their shop-built or boutique wheels keep failing. I build wheels for them as I find it to be relaxing. The wheels I build tend to work very well and I don't charge much. Word gets around...
What part of the country are you in?
Durham, NC is in the middle of North Carolina, not far from Greensboro where
my friend Dale has an Excellent bike shop. My sons and I have been riding
the piedmont's rolling hills and creek valleys without noticable bad weather
since summer. Its just under 70 degrees out there just now, but grey and a
bit misty. Duke University is in town, so we are into basketball, but I
prefer to support the Duke Women's team. I might bike over to campus this
afternoon to watch a game, in fact.
> What kind of bikes are you into?
>
I own lots of beat up old bikes, none of any particular value. My favorite
ride is a 1972 Raleigh Competition, 25" or so, with 27" wheels. I had a
crash with my wife Valinda last July, and wrecked the fork, but I just pulled
a Tange fork off one of the Nishiki "Custom Sport" bikes lying around the
house and it works, though its odd to have a blue fork on the red Raleigh.
Valinda's torn ACL has been much more of a problem, long term. Other bikes
include a Rudge 4-speed Dale gave me, my Miyata fixed gear, a '72 Gitane
"Tour de France" which blew a tubular yesterday on a ride, a Proteus, various
Schwinns (non-Paramount). A Very Early Trek 910 which I stuck a MTB crank on
and use for touring, and a Performance Taiwanese Ti-mobile which makes a good
rain bike. I don't ride aluminium frames and cannot afford CF.
Glenn Jordan - Durham, NC