[OT] I did two things I said I'd never do

[Nelson @ International Bicycle]

No, I didn't run out and buy a bike with disc brakes.

In one act I broke two of my earlier statements.

I bought an SUV...

....it is a Ford.

Yes, I know I've been making Found On Road Dead and Fix Or Repair Daily
cracks for years, but I needed a second vehicle (carpooling with my wife
doesn't *always* work) and it was $2k.

So, now I've got to buy a carrier for the 1 1/4 rec. hitch (I don't like
using a Yakima on a vehicle this tall - I'm not especially tall at 5'9") and
I've got to get used to driving what's essentially a truck after having
small cars all these years (Chevy Chevette, Toyota Corona, Chevy Corsica and
a Buick Century)


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5326 E Independence Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28212
http://intbike.com
704 535-5501

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[Monique Y. Mudama]

On 2004-06-07, Nelson @ International Bicycle penned:
> No, I didn't run out and buy a bike with disc brakes.
>
> In one act I broke two of my earlier statements.
>
> I bought an SUV...
>
> ...it is a Ford.
>
> Yes, I know I've been making Found On Road Dead and Fix Or Repair
> Daily cracks for years, but I needed a second vehicle (carpooling with
> my wife doesn't *always* work) and it was $2k.
>
> So, now I've got to buy a carrier for the 1 1/4 rec. hitch (I don't
> like using a Yakima on a vehicle this tall - I'm not especially tall
> at 5'9") and I've got to get used to driving what's essentially a
> truck after having small cars all these years (Chevy Chevette, Toyota
> Corona, Chevy Corsica and a Buick Century)

Don't do what my mom did just weeks after buying her Explorer.

She'd pulled too far forward in a turn lane, so when the light changed,
she backed up ... into what she could only describe as "a little blue
car."

Make sure to *really* check those mirrors!

(Also, don't run over any bikes, plzkthx.)

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monique

 

[Andy Chequer]

> I bought an SUV...
>
> ...it is a Ford.
>
> Yes, I know I've been making Found On Road Dead and Fix Or Repair Daily
> cracks for years, but I needed a second vehicle (carpooling with my wife
> doesn't *always* work) and it was $2k.

You missed "****ed On Rainy Days" and "Fast Only Rolling Down Hill"

If my Escort is anything to go by, "Mechanically Perfect Bodily Dead" would
be much more descriptive.

Andy Chequer 230K and ticking.

 

[Shawn Curry]

Nelson @ International Bicycle wrote:

> No, I didn't run out and buy a bike with disc brakes.
>
> In one act I broke two of my earlier statements.
>
> I bought an SUV...
>
> ...it is a Ford.
>
> Yes, I know I've been making Found On Road Dead and Fix Or Repair Daily
> cracks for years, but I needed a second vehicle (carpooling with my wife
> doesn't *always* work) and it was $2k.

$2000? Had to be Found On the Road Dead.
Any possibility of fashioning a simple rack for inside the vehicle? I
understand the need in some cases, but rear racks border on bike abuse IMHO.

Shawn

 

[The Nelson Paradigm]

Shawn Curry <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Nelson @ International Bicycle wrote:
>
> > No, I didn't run out and buy a bike with disc brakes.
> >
> > In one act I broke two of my earlier statements.
> >
> > I bought an SUV...
> >
> > ...it is a Ford.
> >
> > Yes, I know I've been making Found On Road Dead and Fix Or Repair Daily
> > cracks for years, but I needed a second vehicle (carpooling with my wife
> > doesn't *always* work) and it was $2k.
>
> $2000? Had to be Found On the Road Dead.
> Any possibility of fashioning a simple rack for inside the vehicle? I
> understand the need in some cases, but rear racks border on bike abuse IMHO.
>
> Shawn

Actually, I'll likely be installing a Saris T-Rax on it. I have no
unusual frames, so it'll work just fine.

If I had the money, I'd get the Yakima roof rail adaptors.

 

[angotja]

Nelson @ Intern wrote:
> International Bicycle 5326 E Independence Blvd Charlotte, NC 28212
> http://intbike.com/http://intbike.com 704 535-5501



Wow! My dad bought me my first bike at this shop back in the mid-80's,
when I was just a kid... a black & yellow Ross BMX...



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