JP got 2 new roadbikes for his birthday!

Yeah, my birthday was last week and the craziest of things happened. A
very weird celestial convergence.

First, I decided that my tattered 20yearold Pro Miyata was
embarrassing even for me and that to give retro a good name I had to
ride a spiffy retro bike so I started looking for one and asking
around.

Sure enough I ran into a web-friend who had a mint 1985 Atala Pro he'd
let me have very cheap. I said Let's do it!

The next day another friend said Hey did you see the clean red 1992
Bridgestone RB1 with STI on ebay? Oh no! That would be a really nice
relaxed road machine. I checked it out and finally won it for way
cheap.

So on my birthday 2 new roadbikes arrived in the UPS! FREAK OUT!

I haven't had a new roadbike in 20 years!

And both for the total price of a set of aero wheels.

Man, these are sweet! So clean! No dirt or grease! Like new! What
classy retro lugged steel styling!

And the Atala came with a brand new team racing outfit!

OK, if you don't believe me: here's a link to a webpage displaying all
our main family bikes:
http://outyourbackdoor.com/articles2004/jeff.bikes.html.

Now what to do? Well, I'll ride em now thru spring and if I don't like
one, I'll sell it. They both might need a little dialing in stem-wise.
Who knows. The club dudes won't know what to think. (Where's that fast
homeless guy?) I'm bike rich!

I might have to get another jersey now for the red one. And maybe new
shoes and helmet to replace my tattered 15yearold ones...

Yeehaw!

--JP

Jeff,

The 2 dogs look waaay healthier than you! You need to get out more, get
some more exercise!
Great bikes! You can't race Cat 1/Pro unless you replace the pedals with
Campy Super Record & toe-clips, also you will be sure to want to have
on, a pair of black wool cycling shorts, & a wool jersey. ;-))
Bridgestone was extremely popular here in Berkeley, for many years. The
racers loved them. Hiroshi, at Jitensha Studio, sold a whole bunch for
many years. Here, you still see them around.
http://www.jitensha.com/eng/images/m...akumis-rbt.jpg
Happy Birthday! Hang in there. Soon enough you will be of legal drinking
age like the rest of us!
Mark


Jeff Potter wrote:

Yeah, my birthday was last week and the craziest of things happened. A
very weird celestial convergence.

First, I decided that my tattered 20yearold Pro Miyata was
embarrassing even for me and that to give retro a good name I had to
ride a spiffy retro bike so I started looking for one and asking
around.

Sure enough I ran into a web-friend who had a mint 1985 Atala Pro he'd
let me have very cheap. I said Let's do it!

The next day another friend said Hey did you see the clean red 1992
Bridgestone RB1 with STI on ebay? Oh no! That would be a really nice
relaxed road machine. I checked it out and finally won it for way
cheap.

So on my birthday 2 new roadbikes arrived in the UPS! FREAK OUT!

I haven't had a new roadbike in 20 years!

And both for the total price of a set of aero wheels.

Man, these are sweet! So clean! No dirt or grease! Like new! What
classy retro lugged steel styling!

And the Atala came with a brand new team racing outfit!

OK, if you don't believe me: here's a link to a webpage displaying all
our main family bikes:
http://outyourbackdoor.com/articles2004/jeff.bikes.html.

Now what to do? Well, I'll ride em now thru spring and if I don't like
one, I'll sell it. They both might need a little dialing in stem-wise.
Who knows. The club dudes won't know what to think. (Where's that fast
homeless guy?) I'm bike rich!

I might have to get another jersey now for the red one. And maybe new
shoes and helmet to replace my tattered 15yearold ones...

Yeehaw!

--JP

Jeff Potter wrote:
Yeah, my birthday was last week and the craziest of things happened.
A
very weird celestial convergence.



snip



Dumbass -


Who the **** cares about your new bikes?


K. Gringioni.


ps. I went out and bought some new cables for my bike the other day.
They shift REALLY NEATO now!

"Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in message
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Jeff Potter wrote:
Yeah, my birthday was last week and the craziest of things happened.
A
very weird celestial convergence.



snip



Dumbass -


Who the **** cares about your new bikes?


especially some old ass bikes
Dave

Dumbass -


Who the **** cares about your new bikes?


K. Gringioni.


Oh, oh. Looks like rec.bicycles.racing is suffering some anal
leakage.

BTW, I like the bikes, but you must have deceptively long legs, Jeff,
to ride those frames.

chris
ne iowa

Kurgan,

Every time I read one of your retorts on this website I am reminded of why I
so steadfastly believe in a woman's right to choose.

-Philip


"Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in message
oups.com...

Jeff Potter wrote:
Yeah, my birthday was last week and the craziest of things happened.
A
very weird celestial convergence.



snip



Dumbass -


Who the **** cares about your new bikes?


K. Gringioni.


ps. I went out and bought some new cables for my bike the other day.
They shift REALLY NEATO now!

Hey, what's wrong with the Miyata? I bought that same frame earlier this
year from Lou Deeter, on R.B.M., to build up as a sweet "retro" ride.
Miyata, with that frame at least, did a fantastic job of combining Italian
style (cut-outs in the lugs, BB shell, etc.) with high-quality Japanese
workmanship. Haven't gotten around to building it yet - another winter
project.

Enjoy your new bikes, Jeff. Happy Birthday!

-JJ

"Jeff Potter" wrote in message
om...
Yeah, my birthday was last week and the craziest of things happened. A
very weird celestial convergence.

First, I decided that my tattered 20yearold Pro Miyata was
embarrassing even for me and that to give retro a good name I had to
ride a spiffy retro bike so I started looking for one and asking
around.

Sure enough I ran into a web-friend who had a mint 1985 Atala Pro he'd
let me have very cheap. I said Let's do it!

The next day another friend said Hey did you see the clean red 1992
Bridgestone RB1 with STI on ebay? Oh no! That would be a really nice
relaxed road machine. I checked it out and finally won it for way
cheap.

So on my birthday 2 new roadbikes arrived in the UPS! FREAK OUT!

I haven't had a new roadbike in 20 years!

And both for the total price of a set of aero wheels.

Man, these are sweet! So clean! No dirt or grease! Like new! What
classy retro lugged steel styling!

And the Atala came with a brand new team racing outfit!

OK, if you don't believe me: here's a link to a webpage displaying all
our main family bikes:
http://outyourbackdoor.com/articles2004/jeff.bikes.html.

Now what to do? Well, I'll ride em now thru spring and if I don't like
one, I'll sell it. They both might need a little dialing in stem-wise.
Who knows. The club dudes won't know what to think. (Where's that fast
homeless guy?) I'm bike rich!

I might have to get another jersey now for the red one. And maybe new
shoes and helmet to replace my tattered 15yearold ones...

Yeehaw!

--JP

Jeff,

Please don't cross post to r.b.r. All you are going to do is make
people aware of our little Shangri-la and attract posts like the one
on this thread. Previously, the nastiest posts we've had here were i)
someone calling me a liberal, NPR listening pinko (which would make
some break out in hysterics); ii) me calling Canada "America Jr"; Oh
yea, and iii) my attack on the USST coach. Hmm... maybe it's time for
some introspective self analysis....

(Jeff Potter) wrote in message . com...
Yeah, my birthday was last week and the craziest of things happened. A
very weird celestial convergence.

First, I decided that my tattered 20yearold Pro Miyata was
embarrassing even for me and that to give retro a good name I had to
ride a spiffy retro bike so I started looking for one and asking
around.

Sure enough I ran into a web-friend who had a mint 1985 Atala Pro he'd
let me have very cheap. I said Let's do it!

The next day another friend said Hey did you see the clean red 1992
Bridgestone RB1 with STI on ebay? Oh no! That would be a really nice
relaxed road machine. I checked it out and finally won it for way
cheap.

So on my birthday 2 new roadbikes arrived in the UPS! FREAK OUT!

I haven't had a new roadbike in 20 years!

And both for the total price of a set of aero wheels.

Man, these are sweet! So clean! No dirt or grease! Like new! What
classy retro lugged steel styling!

And the Atala came with a brand new team racing outfit!

OK, if you don't believe me: here's a link to a webpage displaying all
our main family bikes:
http://outyourbackdoor.com/articles2004/jeff.bikes.html.

Now what to do? Well, I'll ride em now thru spring and if I don't like
one, I'll sell it. They both might need a little dialing in stem-wise.
Who knows. The club dudes won't know what to think. (Where's that fast
homeless guy?) I'm bike rich!

I might have to get another jersey now for the red one. And maybe new
shoes and helmet to replace my tattered 15yearold ones...

Yeehaw!

--JP

(Steve McGregor) wrote in message . com...
Jeff,

Please don't cross post to r.b.r. All you are going to do is make
people aware of our little Shangri-la and attract posts like the one
on this thread.

OK, after that last one, no more crossposts. I'm sure they know about
RSN. The bike bums stay over there reliably except for when I
crosspost.

That little nut Henry (Kringoni or whatever) is a So-Cal dude who
wouldn't know a ski if it bit him, unlike the longtime Midwest
tradition of bike racers doing XC racing in the winter.

I personally think the bike/ski connection should be made
stronger---it seems to be weakening, especially in mt-biking. Sure,
it's there, but it seems like it should be bigger. The old Wolverines
logo used to have a wheel, ski and skate. How many bike clubs have
such logos anymore? All the bike racers used to ski race around here.
We'd have great hammerhead training sessions on the local trails.
These days I'm about the only skier I ever see out there. The paddlers
still seem to keep at it a bit.

--JP

First, I decided that my tattered 20yearold Pro Miyata was
embarrassing even for me and that to give retro a good name I had to
ride a spiffy retro bike so I started looking for one and asking
around.

I loved my old Miyata team that I bought for 10% less than wholesale
from Great Lakes Cycling when I worked there Oh-so-many years ago. I
finally bought a new bike when the fork wouldn't stay tight in the
head tube - I think the head tube "stretched". Loved the gearing. That
was 10 years ago, and I'm still not used to the gearing on my now
10-year-old Trek 5200...

Mike

P.S. How goes VOMIT?
http://www.nordicskiracer.com/Training/2005/VOMIT.asp