She was super sweet. Born in Japan and became an MD here. She was lung cancer free for several years until about 6 months ago.
0. I close then, but the garage will be open."
He reminds me of an old riding buddy/former teammate that has a tiny shop.Not going to conflate my wet-diaper saga with real tragedy, so separate post:
The Lord Taketh Away, and He Giveth.
Near my home is a guy; he has a 'cyclery' that he runs out of his garage. I know little about it except that a) he's a half mile away (that's like 10 houses out here) and b) his website mentions that he went to pro bike mechanic school and believes in doing the Christian thing by his customers.
Side note: ABQ seems to specialize in these people; I know a guy who is a former electrical engineer for missiles who does amp repair out of his garage. One of the best amp techs I've ever seen, and is religious about a lot of things, including his need to not make more than $25k/year and thus keeping your repair bill staggeringly low. The catch? He only works on amps he likes, (e.g., vintage tube amps) otherwise he's 'too busy.'
I call the dude in my 'hood. He's nice, I tell him I tried to readjust my front derailleur and wound up messing up the cabling (as well as breaking my vice grips). I'm desperate.
"Bring it by around 5
He recables the front derailleur. He adds an inline adjuster (note to Giant: why didn't you ....?). He carefully reseats the derailleur on the frame. I ooh and ahh over his vintage Tour posters in the garage (really fucking cool). Half an hour later, the bike is shifting like showroom magic. He asks me for $20.
You're fucking kidding me.
Cool! Since the early OO’s when I first saw that brand being ridden by some TdF team, I have thought they looked really cool. Congrats!
Can’t wait to build this up. Friggin light, feels like it’s made out of paper.
Nice! I ride with two people who own the same R5, one is a fit but heavy recreational retired guy and one a tall, all muscle, recently retired track racer in his early 60's. Both have nothing but good things to say about the frames, which is cool coming from such different users.
Can’t wait to build this up. Friggin light, feels like it’s made out of paper.
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Always wondered about the lifetime of carbon frames. I don't worry about the lifetime of steel or Al. It has only happened once but I stopped to help a guy and his (carbon) frame had broken, on a more or less smooth road. No idea how it happened nor did he but had me wondering if it was worth the expense. I suppose if you have the coin it doesn't matter but I keep things until they die generally (oldest bike 1982, current car 1997, current wife 1962
