Saturday, April 28, 2012

Bikes to good homes

As the departure date nears our respective stables must be cleared.  Most of the bikes have found new owners close to home.

Kate, our tallest female housemate at 6'-1",  has obtained my Surly Pacer as her new everything bike.  Kate congratulations on the upgrade.

Ryan and Melissa are smitten with their new 1978 Santana that Lauren and I toured on last summer.  Set them up with a number of speciality tools to ensure that it will ride for many years to come.

Hannah, my brother's girlfriend, has absconded with Lauren's trusty touring stead and will be joining us for part of our US leg.

Kyle will be flying down mountain roads on his new Karate Monkey.  Don't worry Kyle you will get that wheelie soon.

I still have my Surly Steamroller up for adoption if any tall people are interested.

Our postings have slowed while we try to wrangle the remainder of our gear, I finish my last quarter of school and we tie up all of the loose ends in our SLO lives.  More exciting news to come about the new bikes and other projects.  Stay Tuned!

Friday, April 6, 2012

Delinquent Bicycle

Brant's rebelious Surly Steamroller got into a bit of trouble with the law last night. The bad bad bike parked itself on a rack in an old vending machine area under a stairwell on the Cal Poly campus. University police apparently found this offensive. The impounded bicycle was in no ones way, on no handycap rails. Instead of paying the twenty dollar fine, Brant tried to free his bike and stand up to uptight bureaucracy. Twenty four hours later, after four noble tries to free the innocent victim, Brant still had to catch a ride to his one class at Cuesta, hitchhike home, and take the bus to school the next day.

Brant- 0,  UPD-4 (and twenty dollars). Sad day for Brant.

We are happy to say that the bike is back home safe, and far away from our protective services.