i guess that harry's message averages out then love i got from a 2nd hand bike shop owner on friday (having a day off from the office job once every 2 weeks to play with bikes is a beautiful thing). i needed a spoke and a cone for my back wheel to stop the wheel from brushing my frame and the hub from eating its bearings like secret candy treats, and to make me go faster of course. to cut a long story short, because im not welcome at the worlds most pretentious bike shop anymore (that also happens to be pretty much the only bike shop in amsterdam that i had a hope of getting the stuff i needed) this was possibly going to be quite difficult. until my new brazilian bike mechanic friend let me use his tools and collection of used but still useful parts, inlcuding perfect length spokes, while he had a sandwich and talked about stopping his fixie by skuffing on his front wheel. mental note: must try that sometime...
so now the bike is running smooth and fast and my brazilian bike mechanic friend has been introduced to artistic candy
not welcome???
ReplyDeleteNOT WELCOME?!
Pray, do tell more? Did you call them a bunch of fascists?
hi james! i coudnt helpbut to laugh/smile when i was reading that post. im portuguese by the way! :-)
ReplyDeletehehe right portuguese... check! sorry :-P
ReplyDeletethe pretentious bikes shop wouldnt let me work on my bike in the shop and they justified it by asking if id ever seen such a clean bike shop before. at which point the german dude i was with asked them if they sold soap or something... well i think that was the last straw