I land in Austin 5pm tonight (Wed). I'm speaking at the LAB BikeEd Conference. 

And then... let's party!  :o) 

Lynette Chiang

Bike Friday Adventurette

http://www.galfromdownunder.com 

Cell: 541-513-7711

Greetings all, I just bought a Crusoe Lite and am very excited about
having a bike again. The people I am meeting who have BF's are
wonderful. I'm eager to get my "legs" under me again. Currently in the
bike-honeymoon phase. lol Would love to meet all of you. Will try to
make it to the pedal on Friday, but I'm not sure. Keep riding.
Alex Fisher

Hey, Preston.  I will see you down at City Hall on Friday (pun intended) afternoon.  1.7 miles.  I will rest up and be ready.

Sue and Red Hopper

Preston,

 

Will you be at one of the Friday bike to work sites?

 

I plan to stop at Buck’s Bikes around 7:30 AM

 

Friday, May 18
Bike to Work Day Breakfast Stations
Energize your commute to work. Ride your bike to these locations for food and drink on your way to work. Human power rules!

Locations:
Downtown: Whole Foods Market. 6th and Lamar.
Downtown: Wahoo's Fish Taco. 509 Rio Grande
Central: Wheatsville Food Coop. 3101 Guadalupe Street
North Central: Thunderbird Coffee. 1401 Koenig Lane
North: Buck's Bikes. Jollyville one block north of Oak Knoll.
North: ACA and Clif Bar. Shoal Creek Blvd. at the Far West Blvd. bridge
South Central: Bouldin Creek Coffeehouse. 1501 S. First St
South: Bicycle Sport Shop 517 S. Lamar
South: Jack and Adam's Triathlon Shop.
East: Yellow Bike Project workshop at Treasure City. 1720 East 12th Street

 

Regards,

 

Ron Neher

rneher@...

 

 

 

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From: bfclubaustin@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bfclubaustin@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of W. Preston Tyree
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:23 PM
To: bfclubaustin@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bfclubaustin] New Member in Austin

 

We've got a new Friday member in Austin. His name is Alex Fisher and he
can be reached at alex fisher [afish25@msn.com]. He is just getting
back into riding and wants to get in touch with the other Friday riders
in Austin.

Preston

The political pedal sounds like a Bike Friday kind of thing. Meet at
the City Hall plaza at 4:30 pm on Friday (this week) and we will ride
1.7 miles to beer.

Let's try to get a large group of Friday Folk there and get pictures.

Preston Tyree

We've got a new Friday member in Austin. His name is Alex Fisher and he
can be reached at alex fisher [afish25@...]. He is just getting
back into riding and wants to get in touch with the other Friday riders
in Austin.

Preston

Hi Austin pals,

Lynette form BF here!  Looks like I'll be contributing at the BikeEd
Conference in Austin, June 14-16, thanks to Stanton and Preston
putting me forward. I might bring down one of our new tikits,
http://www.bikefriday.com/tikit

I will be coming straight from a presentation to the NY 5 Boro Bike
Club (following Italy in May), so I'd love to be able to present to
the Austin Club again, this time, perhaps my Route 66 movie, or Italy.
What do you think Nancy, Fred, folks?

Looking forward to meeting you all again.
I'll have to be at a Little People Expo in Seattle beginning of July.
Maybe we can do some riding and WholePayChecking!!!
Lynette

Lynette Chiang
Bike Friday Adventurette
http://www.galfromdownunder.com
Cell: 541-513-7711

Hi y'all,
I bought Ruth Kanagy's wheelset without asking enough questions. When
I got the wheels (20mm rim width) on my bike, I discovered my brakes
won't reach. So unless someone can tell me how to extend the reach of
my v-brakes, I've got to either let the wheels go or get different
brakes, which may not be possible with an AG anyway. I've been happy
with the brakes, so I decided to let the wheels go (they really are
pretty!) In case you didn't see or don't remember Ruth's post, here's
her description of the wheels from the Yak list:

*406 WHEEL SET* - Used only 6 months!
    F. Hub - American Classic 24o Micro, Black
    R. Hub - Shimano Capero 36o, Silver
    Rims - Velocity Razor 36o (laced 24)
    Spokes - Butted 184mm
    $150 plus shipping.

She said she was selling them because she traded her bike in for one
w/451 wheels.

I'll sell them for $150 and consider the shipping tuition paid for a
lesson learned. I also have 3 presta tubes that I'll sell for $5 each.
I've put two of them on the wheels, but they've never been ridden
(kind of scary w/o brakes).

If I don't got a response locally, I'll post to the Yak, but I thought
I'd check locally first.

It's a great day for riding!
Nancy

to my BikeFriday Friends

Hugh of the BF Service Dept,  thanks for your email.  My BikeFriday is
running smooth now.

By copy of this email to my BikeFriday Friends here in Austin I am
letting you all know that Bike Mechanic Brent at Bicycle Sport Shop at
South Lamar and Barton Springs overhauled my internal rear hub per the
recommendation letter I got from BikeFriday.

Hugh's email and Brent's savvy got it done.  So now Brent is an expert,
if you need it done here in Austin.

BillyLance Corsbie

Posted for Bill by Sue Anderson (Moderator)

Hi Chas,

Cutting off the excess seatpost with a pipe cutter shouldn't be a problem.
You'll probably want to leave an inch or so extended past the seatpost clamp
to make it easier to adjust.  Or if you want a new shorter seatpost, I have
a few of them in various lenths and materials.  Just let me know what length
you need.  I'm assuming the post is a 27.2 diameter.

Also, apologies, but I won't be able to make the potluck supper Saturday -
I'm attending a wedding.  Best to the Sheila and Thomas!

- Alvin

512-627-7999

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynette Chiang" <lynchiang@...>
To: <bfclubaustin@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [bfclubaustin] Re: Hi & AirFriday questions


> Chas,
>
> Oops, sorry, you're right, wrong part of anatomy, then the Loreena
> Bobbit surgery is even easier. Bit  tough saw. Someone on the list is
> bound to have one - Alvin's your man! Sounds like you got an extra
> long seatpost you don't need. Call BF to talk rims - or someone in
> the group might be selling some. Mine is 406 so can't help ( have a
> M14A rim with Dura Ace rear hub and 11-34 cassette for sale,
> languishing here...)
>
> Lynette
>

PS you can always swap or sell the seatpost  with someone who wants a
longer one. Visit Alvin's garage or use Craigslist.org in Austin.

Chas,

Oops, sorry, you're right, wrong part of anatomy, then the Loreena
Bobbit surgery is even easier. Bit  tough saw. Someone on the list is
bound to have one - Alvin's your man! Sounds like you got an extra
long seatpost you don't need. Call BF to talk rims - or someone in
the group might be selling some. Mine is 406 so can't help ( have a
M14A rim with Dura Ace rear hub and 11-34 cassette for sale,
languishing here...)

Lynette

Hi Lynette, thanks for the wheel notes. I think I currently have sun
451 rims. Any links to info on these wheels you mentioned? Oh, and
weight is 155 so gonna guess most wheels would be ok.

I'm a bit confused by the remainder of your posting. The part of the
AirFriday I'm considering snipping has nothing to do with the frame.
It's just the bottom of the seat post. See picture here:
http://www.bikefriday.com/bikeMMI.cfm?bf=2
Note how that picture doesn't have any seat post sticking out beneath
the Ti beam? In my case, the seat post sticks out well below the beam
another 4 or 5 inches or something like that.

I do in fact have a 2nd water cage and a front derailleur on the
little part of the frame that sticks up above the bottom bracket. The
useless extra seat post is actually long enough that it almost hits
the top of the water bottle in the 2nd cage as the Ti beam flexes.

-Chas


--- In bfclubaustin@yahoogroups.com, Lynette Chiang <lynchiang@...> wrote:
>
> Chas,
> Lynette here. You must have the Air Friday with a hub. Before you do
> a Loreena Bobbit on it, a) it's there to hold an extra waterbottle
> and b) it's handy if you want to put a front derailleur on it (from
> memory). Depending on your weight there are 24 spoke Velocity, Alex
> and M14A rims available - depending on what you have. That's about
> the limit of my knowledge at this point, so I shall defer to the
> other techhies like Alvin et al and they can give you the good oil.
> In fact he might be able to do it for you but check if it voids the
> lifetime frame warranty - and that means lifetime. Or call BF service
> department.
> Lynette Chiang
> Bike Friday Adventurette
> Recent adventure: http://www.bikefriday.com/route66
> http://www.galfromdownunder.comChas,
> Cell: 541-513-7711
> >
> >
>

Hi, been lurking as a member of this yahoo group for a bit and thought
I'd finally get around to posting.

I've been riding my AirFriday more in recent weeks. (Upcoming trip to
Italy in Sept.) It's one of several bikes in the stable. I've got a
couple questions this group could perhaps help with:

Ok, first, has anyone put different and lighter wheels on their
Friday? There didn't appear to be any on the Friday web site and some
searching didn't turn up much. I'm looking to lighten my load a little
and looking for suggestions.

I've always wanted to get rid of the useless stump of seat post that
sticks down below the suspended Ti bar of the AirFriday. Anyone know
of someone that does metal work that could cut off & polish the end of
a seat post?

Cheers,
-Chas Erickson

Hey Texas pals,
I just put our Leo up on the BF homepage, in time for the TDF ...
see http://www.bikefriday.com and scroll down a bit.
Way to go, Leo!
Hey Leo, want to zip up here here to the Haldeman Homestead and do
Wisconsin Camp Aug 12-19, since you missed Route66?
Lynette


Lynette Chiang
Bike Friday Adventurette
Recent adventure: http://www.bikefriday.com/route66
http://www.galfromdownunder.com
Cell: 541-513-7711

All -
The Tansey-Johnson family joined our group several months ago while
still in their home in Vancouver(Delta), BC.  They were planning on
moving to Austin, and wanted to start networking with other Friday
Folks.  Move time is now at hand.  Thomas and Chobe the husky will be
here June 18, and Sheila will follow with the boys and arrive around
June 23.  They will be sub-letting in Barton Hills for the summer.
When Leo and I return from our latest ride the rockies thingie (be
home 7/4), I will organize a welcome pot luck at our house.

Please extend a typical hardy Austin welcome, and say "Howdy" to the
intrepid (maybe a little crazy??) Canadians who are moving 4000 miles
southeast to bask in their first Texas summer. Fleece is out;  Drylite
is in.

Note, too, I posted several new pictures on the site, including our
new arrivals.

Happy Trails and Drive Friendly,
Sue