Rick, Did you start leading a dictionary reading group on Tuesday’s instead of leading your fast bike ride on Tuesday’s?
Thanks for the at-a-boy. Ed > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 8:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Logan > Subject: Re: [Gyros: 15442] Re: Big Thank You > > > The writer's lengthy encomium for Gary with a concluding remonstrance > against the Gyros was a bit transparent, and, without merit. Is he > employed by TLC? > > I mean, what really happened here? A rider gets a flat tire, and, feels > that the exigency of his situation should be obvious to all. Unless it is > clearly viewed by others, and, "mechanical" is not declared in a > stentorian voice (like Tony's!), the 'victim' might find himself in a > situation where he is left behind to fix his own flat. Happens all the > time. > > This is not because the group mindfully decided to leave a fellow Gyro to > fend for himself, which appears to be the implication here. They just were > not aware. (I understand that Ed was on this ride, and, no-one in all of > Gyro history is as considerate and attentive of other riders than Ed. If > he was aware of your situation he would have stopped the group, or gone > back to assist you.) > > It was fortuitous having Gary of TLC roll up on you. He is an outstanding > mechanic. The only thing that could have topped that would be if Matt from > Trek happened to roll up on you! He is Master Mechanic! > > > ---- Logan <[email protected]> wrote: > > The only ride that specifically states waiting for mechanicals is the > > Saturday A ride. The Thursday ride warns that it is a DROP ride for > > those that cannot maintain the pace (which could technically include > > mechanicals). Perhaps Dave can shed light on whether the Thursday > > ride is supposed to stop for mechs? > > > > > > > > On May 21, 6:32 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > I would like to thank Gary of TLC Bikes for helping me with my flat on > last nights ride. I was riding on the Thurs. night ride and i had a flat > about 6 miles into the ride. I thought the ride was a stop for mechanicals > but no one stopped. Luckily Gary and 2 others were behind me and stopped > and waited for me. Gary stripped my tire off and had the thing changed in > under 2 mins. It was the fastest tire change I have ever seen. By this > time the group was no where to be seen. I ended up riding with the three > of them and we did 45 miles which was about 13 farther than the group so > it worked out. While riding Gary noticed my bike needed some adjustments. > I took it t him today and it was the best service I have ever had. He gave > me a great price too. He spent a lot of time with me since I have only > been riding about 3 yrs and went above and beyond his mechanical duties in > helping me with nutrition and showing me things to help me in the future. > I know they don't like the promoting of other shops on here but I have to > give credit where credit is due. Thank you so much Gary for all of your > help. And, fail to the Gyro's for not waiting on mechanicals as your ride > describes. > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email > group. > > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > > > > -- > > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email > group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
