conquering the world one oxymoron at a time
October 18, 2005 at 12:12 am
· Filed under daily grind
My first real bike is now gone forever. Sometime between Friday 6:30pm and Saturday 1:30pm, my beloved bike got stolen. I have only had it for a year, but what a year it has been. I loved that bike and learned many bike-related skills with it. Adding insult to injury, also stolen with the bike were the following accessories: bar ends, front/rear lights, relatively new brake pads, and a pump attachment. I don’t even have a picture of the bike … only memories, and some remants of the ability to semi-fix/adjust derailleurs.
The bike got me hooked on Gary Fisher, though. In sticking with the Fisher loyalty … my new bike is a Gary Fisher Wahoo. It’s even a few steps up from the Tarpon I had before the thief came along; I also now have front suspension. I’m also out some cold hard cash and some serious sentimental values. *sigh* what do you do?
bye bye old bike: 
hello new bike: 
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[…] Summer time makes me want to try something new, and I want to take up mountain biking this summer, at least get through some beginner basics. As such, I am currently on the market for an entry-level mountain bike. I love my Wahoo which replaced my Tarpon, but the extra-small frame is simply too small. I went to Belmont Wheelworks yesterday and test-rode a 2006 Gary Fisher Wahoo (what can I say? I am a brand-loyalist, and wahoos have a special sentiment in my heart - an intelligent fish that can drink twice its weight in liquid substances, usually water, but not always). […]
[…] Last weekend, I met up with Liang for some midday bloody marys, with brunch on the side. He must have been drunk because he let me test ride his sweet sweet fixie afterwards, and I kinda got hooked. So I think I’m in the market now for a fixie. If/when I get another one, I will have 4 bikes (#1, #2, #3), but I’m trying to sell #1. So if anyone’s in the market for a 2002 Gary Fisher Wahoo, let me know :) I began my search for a fixie today on Craigslist. There really aren’t so many options, or maybe I just don’t know how to look. Additionally, I got really upset seeing Walmart bikes being sold for $150 with the caption “full suspension! Only $150!” Yeah right; the bike is maybe worth ~$80 completely new from Walmart. Why are people so dis-integrious? […]
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