Too Tall
12-23-2006, 05:52 AM
A few weeks ago I got a cryptic message from Smiley. A mutual friend, owner of an amazing Afgani resurant BTW, was interested in tubular wheels / tyres in need of guidance. Ahhh, my holiday gifts were arriving early ;)
David is a very enthusiastic rider. He soaks up bicycle culture and can not be contained on ANY group rides, he bubbles...which made the job of giving him direction all the more meaning and adding an welcome element of joy.
The wheels were on order, I told him what tyres / glue to get and to drop the mess at my house when that arrived. Two weeks pass and David meets me at the temple of bicycles (my garage) and I show him how to stretch tyres, talk about why's wherefor's and what-nots of tubulars...his eyes are rolling in his head...too much info. too fast!!! He was blown away that my commuter bike runs Conti Competitions that are nearly worn to threads :)
We practiced putting tubulars onto clean rims and I sent him out to hunt for Binda toe straps...bonus points for Binda Extra's ;) Also, told him to skip a KEWL tubular tyre bag and just score a clean athletic sock NO GOLD TOE PLS. for foul weather riding. We talked about how to roll, store and prep. a spare. I've got some decent spares in need of repair and we made plans to meet back at the temple of bikes for a repair lesson :)
Meanwhile back at the ranch....I am cleaning, scuffing and laying down layers of thin glue on his sweet new carbon uber wheels and prep'ing tyres for the man.
What do I get out of this???? If you have to ask.... :cool:
Old School is the new school yo. Who are you schooling?
Peace, Happy and Safe Holidays all. xxoo, TT.
Everyone send some extra healing vibes to ATMOs wife. GET WELL FAST.
David is a very enthusiastic rider. He soaks up bicycle culture and can not be contained on ANY group rides, he bubbles...which made the job of giving him direction all the more meaning and adding an welcome element of joy.
The wheels were on order, I told him what tyres / glue to get and to drop the mess at my house when that arrived. Two weeks pass and David meets me at the temple of bicycles (my garage) and I show him how to stretch tyres, talk about why's wherefor's and what-nots of tubulars...his eyes are rolling in his head...too much info. too fast!!! He was blown away that my commuter bike runs Conti Competitions that are nearly worn to threads :)
We practiced putting tubulars onto clean rims and I sent him out to hunt for Binda toe straps...bonus points for Binda Extra's ;) Also, told him to skip a KEWL tubular tyre bag and just score a clean athletic sock NO GOLD TOE PLS. for foul weather riding. We talked about how to roll, store and prep. a spare. I've got some decent spares in need of repair and we made plans to meet back at the temple of bikes for a repair lesson :)
Meanwhile back at the ranch....I am cleaning, scuffing and laying down layers of thin glue on his sweet new carbon uber wheels and prep'ing tyres for the man.
What do I get out of this???? If you have to ask.... :cool:
Old School is the new school yo. Who are you schooling?
Peace, Happy and Safe Holidays all. xxoo, TT.
Everyone send some extra healing vibes to ATMOs wife. GET WELL FAST.