You can be a little bit country or a little bit rock 'n' roll, and you will still find a bicycle story that appeals. Sunday at the bike shop, we got a visit from Ray and his group of riding pals. Ray added some touches to a red 1959 Murray Meteor Flite, and he assured me that both lights still actually work, and each wheel has 144 shiny spokes.
Neil from Rohloff stopped by, and we admired the tubing shapes on his bomb proof new city ride from Brooklyn Machine Works. Neil tells me I might want to stop by his booth at Interbike in
Vegas, since there will be a nice new shiny bit of gear in his booth, and I might
want to try on my fixie. We talk about bikes, and Neil sends me a link to the clean and very cool Cervelo S3 limited edition Olympic paint scheme road bike. Kristin Armstrong (USA) won gold in the Beijing Olympics in the Women's Individual Time Trial on her Cervelo Olympic paint scheme TT bike. (Mike Day won a silver in Men's BMX. Jill Kintner won a bronze in Women's BMX. Donny Robinson won a bronze in Men's BMX. Levi Leipheimer won a bronze in the Men's Individual Time Trial. Well done.)
Monday morning, customer Eric calls. He is completely fine, but could we take a look at his track frame. He assured me that he didn't even fall off, but on his morning commute to work, a car spanked his fixie Eric figures that the rear Velocity Deep V took most of the impact from the car moving into the bike wheel at approximately 15 miles per hour. The rider and frame were fine. The rim stopped the music. (Yes, Eric got the license number of the vehicle and two witness' phone numbers.) It looks like Phil is doing fine and will take up residence on another Deep V. Ah, bikes, never a boring moment. (Jump for more photos.)
Photo by Wheelgirl are of Ray and his 1959 Murray Meteor Flite. The Cervelo S3 limited edition Olympic road bike is lifted from the Cervelo site. Eric took the cameraphone photo of his bike with the tired Deep V.
More photos:
- Ray's 1959 Murray Meteor Flite is a trip. The lights look like a robot's face. According to Ray he received the bike in very good condition. It is easy to see he has thoughtfully restored and enhanced this most excellent looking machine. The bike sports 288 spokes total glimmering in the August sunshine.
- Quiet, now. Eric's Deep V is tired and sleeping. (I know bike wheels typically buckle from lateral forces, but it is a curiosity to see that thick extrusion folded.)
Photos taken by Wheelgirl. (Actually, when you think of it, it was a pretty great Monday morning for unscathed Eric. When things like this happen, it is time to buy a lottery ticket, since you are undoubtedly lucky.)
