Tom Keats wrote:
:: In article <
[email protected]>,
:: Werehatrack <
[email protected]> writes:
::: On 21 Feb 2007 12:31:20 -0800, "Eric Bragas" <
[email protected]>
::: may have said:
:::
:::: On Feb 21, 12:04 pm, "Roger Zoul" <
[email protected]> wrote:
::::: Mount them on the wall or ceiling inside your unit.
::::
:::: Three bicycles inside a condo? That's definitely the easier
:::: solution, but takes up too much living space. I've already
:::: eliminated this option.
:::
::: Consider also the effects of weather on the bikes.
::
:: He's in San Jose. San Jose doen't have weather.
:: Just earthquakes & sunshine. Almost the next
:: best thing to Sandy Eggo.
::
::
::: Will they be worth
::: riding when you need them, if they aren't stored in a shelter of
::: some sort?
::
:: If they're still there, unstolen & unvandalized,
:: I'd expect they would be.
::
:: Climate Change might make an issue of outdoor bike storage
:: down there in Paradise. As you know, the West Coast has
:: already been battered by some pretty hefty storms lately.
::
:: Bikes, like good huntin' dogs, like to enjoy some indoor
:: comfort, with the rest of their pack.
::
:: To the Original Poster (hi Eric <smile, wave>) I'd say
:: get rid of the sofa, to make room for the stuff that
:: matters more to you. People that can't/won't tolerate
:: sitting on hard-ass'd kitchen chairs aren't worth the
:: trouble of trying to please anyways.
::
:: Cohabitate with your beloved bikes!
:: Love them and protect them, and they'll give so much
:: back to you, if you let 'em.
::
:: Don't let greedy hands despoil them. 'Cuz that's what
:: will happen if you leave them outside.
::
:: Hell, while you're sleeping at night, there's probably
:: people coming by and poking around in your garbage can,
:: looking for deposit bottles, and any copper or aluminum
:: to ultimately sell to China via a metal recycling joint,
:: so they can get a $5 rock or gak to eke them through
:: another dreadful night.
::
:: In other words, if you want to keep your bikes,
:: you've gotta keep them indoors, by hook or by crook.
:: Sometimes even that isn't enough. I'm sorry to break
:: the bad news to ya, but that's how it is.
::
:: In the old days (60's/70's/early 80's) the West Coast
:: had the best hashish thing going. Then certain influences
:: kyboshed all that, stuck the West Coast with crappy coke &
:: derivatives and other ****, and snookered our happy
:: cannabinoids to points east & south (the filthy swine.)
:: So we on the West Coast are now stuck with a bunch of
:: thieving addicts who want the exportable metals on your
:: bike to trade with scrap dealers, to keep from feeling
:: deathly sick & desperate.
::
:: If the West Coast had the good ol' hash trade back, it
:: would solve a lot of social misery. 'Cuz folks on hash
:: don't wanna break into cars, or steal bikes, or even
:: get up out of their chairs. They just wanna kick back
:: and dig some (Sid Barett) Pink Floyd or Led Zep or Yes
:: or Ras Michael And The Sons And Daughters Of Nemus or
:: John Mayall or Jethro Tull or Jimi Hendrix or that guy
:: whom I suspect is the illegitimate son of Peter O'Toole
:: (David Bowie) or even some Bob Dyldo.
::
:: But, no. Things is as they is, and there ain't
:: no two ways about it.
::
:: Outdoor bikes are targets. Defend them. Desarados
:: are out to get 'em.
::
Wow....I'm not sure if you're kiddin or not.