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Re: [Bicycle_Restoration] Re: Bicycle Joys, Thin Tires, Columbia Ballooners and Baskets



On 12/2/06, citsncycles <citsncycles@...> wrote:
Wow - just imagine the space you have with only 29 bikes!

The last time I plucked up the courage to count I had around 70,
although I have managed to sell more than I bought the last few
months. Most of them are in the house, filling the loft (the large
door & easy access was a reason for moving here) & the bedrooms (I'm
sleeping on the sofa-bed in the front room at the moment), but they
are also elsewhere (5 in the front room, 8 plus the sidecar in the
dining room & the shaker in the bath to keep the wheels drying out).

Of course, the main question I ask is - I wonder why I'm single?

Regards,

I often ride with my very good friend "Fr. John" who is..not a Catholic priest, but an Orthodox priest.  He thinks my bumper sticker on my trike is a RIOT!  it says "I have the body of a God...Buddha!"   But my question here is the sidecar!   Can you take photos?  it sounds intriguing!  I would like to put a photo of a bicycle with sidecar on my web site!  I would LOVE to have a tandem with sidecar like a photo I saw in a book on cycling through the years.  It is a solution that seems to have not survived, but might well be a good solution to cargo hauling situations.

By the way....regarding my post about food....I spoke to Cindy..she says that the Carrots in butter and with a brown sugar glaze are NOT all that unhealthy.  she says if you use "smart balance" (which I am finding is not a bad substitute for butter) the only thing "bad" is the brown sugar....She says she will make some soon for me.  yummy!   And I have been working on dropping poundage lately.  Dr. says that I need to start reducing.  I had some heart blockage in October and they say (my two doctors) that dropping the excess flab is necessary.  I have gone from about 250 to 237 so far.  and still working on it.    It IS tough though.  I was brought up to clean my plate "because children are starving in .....(india, china, bangladesh, pick a country!)" and it was a "sin" to waste food.  :::::sigh:::: now it is desirable to LOOK like you came from Bangladesh!  ya can't win!

mark


Sat Dec 2, 2006 1:09 pm

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Much as this is probably going to elicit groans, The Bob Jackson is going to a new owner on Sunday. I got the bike back in 2000 while driving thru a little...
Rich
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Dec 2, 2006
1:13 am

Can I say WAH! I have a nice place it could be displayed!!! But you are right, I would probably be hesitant to ride it myself, as much as I LOVE old bikes!...
Mark Garvey
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Dec 2, 2006
2:24 am

Mark, I feel your pain! I am pushing 300, I remember years back when I read in the pamphlet that came with a 531sl tubeset the weight restriction was for...
Gary
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Dec 2, 2006
2:50 am

If you wern't obsessive, you wouldn't be calling it a HOBBY! heh! Aren't we ALL! and my buddy who has basically the same job as I do, says I am ...
Mark Garvey
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Dec 2, 2006
4:03 am

I can appreciate that as as well, for like you, I am pushing 300 myself. I have the body of a God - unfortunately it's Buddha. Thin tires are something I...
Chris Davis
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Dec 2, 2006
4:51 am

Wow - just imagine the space you have with only 29 bikes! The last time I plucked up the courage to count I had around 70, although I have managed to sell more...
citsncycles
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Dec 2, 2006
12:18 pm

... priest, but an Orthodox priest. He thinks my bumper sticker on my trike is a RIOT! it says "I have the body of a God...Buddha!" But my question here is...
Mark Garvey
lazybee45
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Dec 2, 2006
1:09 pm

Hi Mark, - bicycle sidecars, - a subject dear to my heart. Have a look at this interesting patent for a bicycle sidecar...... ...
Anne
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Dec 2, 2006
9:05 pm

Interesting that you are talking about sidecars, as that's something that is on my project list. I have two motorized bikes (a 1946 Columbia and a 1980...
Chris Davis
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Dec 3, 2006
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I've just set up a new album on sidecars & have kicked it off with some pictures. The first 2 are of my c1937 Watsonian child carrying sidecar as bought,...
citsncycles
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Dec 3, 2006
10:22 pm

Excellent pictures Mike - an awful lot can be learned from nice clear photos of an original unrestored sidecar like your one. I'm not surprised at all to have...
Anne
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Dec 4, 2006
2:23 am

Wow, 70 bikes, and most of them in the house! I thought I was bad by having one (the '41 Columbia Superb reissue) in my dining room! All but that one live in...
Chris Davis
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Dec 3, 2006
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