[RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
here's a similar repair stand, kayak hang-down straps hanging from bike wheel hooks in the ceiling http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Fuji/aaP6230001.jpg will also admit I was much happier after I bought a real bike repair stand On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 9:52:57 AM UTC-5, sprocket67 wrote: The bicycle rack is interesting. A rope hooked to the exterior wall. The bike swings while he repairs it. On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 11:09:14 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: https://vimeo.com/133432406 It's more like a *barrio* car repair shop than any American bicycle shop I've seen, though Stevie's in Corrales, NM where I do occasional work is close -- a neighborhood bike shop that repairs and sells what the neighborhood wants and rides, a lot of lowish end runabouts. I suppose that such a business can survive without grief only in a society with a more aggressive redistributive taxation system. That said, I'm not giving up my multi-thousand, self indulgent, Rivendells any day soon. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
The bicycle rack is interesting. A rope hooked to the exterior wall. The bike swings while he repairs it. On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 11:09:14 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: https://vimeo.com/133432406 It's more like a *barrio* car repair shop than any American bicycle shop I've seen, though Stevie's in Corrales, NM where I do occasional work is close -- a neighborhood bike shop that repairs and sells what the neighborhood wants and rides, a lot of lowish end runabouts. I suppose that such a business can survive without grief only in a society with a more aggressive redistributive taxation system. That said, I'm not giving up my multi-thousand, self indulgent, Rivendells any day soon. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
Great video, I really enjoyed watching. One thing that struck me was how much welding seemed to go on in that shop. What are people doing to their frames? And do they really take their bikes to a shop for a loose chain or a flat tire? It would seem like a luxury to have someone else do all the work on one's bike. But for me it is more annoyance to take the bike to a shop than to work on it myself, plus I charge a more reasonable rate. Though if I knew a shop like the one in the video, I would hang out the a lot. On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 1:46:07 PM UTC-4, Jim D Massachusetts wrote: Thanks Patrick. Nice video. Jim D. Massachusetts -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
I am much happier with a stand also! Even for doing things as simple as changing tires, it's a worthwhile investment because it should last a long time. That being said, since I got my stand I have greatly increased my repertoire of repairs performed, up to and including complete builds. On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Ron Mc bulldog...@gmail.com wrote: here's a similar repair stand, kayak hang-down straps hanging from bike wheel hooks in the ceiling http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Fuji/aaP6230001.jpg will also admit I was much happier after I bought a real bike repair stand On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 9:52:57 AM UTC-5, sprocket67 wrote: The bicycle rack is interesting. A rope hooked to the exterior wall. The bike swings while he repairs it. On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 11:09:14 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: https://vimeo.com/133432406 It's more like a *barrio* car repair shop than any American bicycle shop I've seen, though Stevie's in Corrales, NM where I do occasional work is close -- a neighborhood bike shop that repairs and sells what the neighborhood wants and rides, a lot of lowish end runabouts. I suppose that such a business can survive without grief only in a society with a more aggressive redistributive taxation system. That said, I'm not giving up my multi-thousand, self indulgent, Rivendells any day soon. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
Funny. I've done many complete teardowns, builds, and rebuilds using a concrete floor, or while propping the bike against a wall; or, in fact, holding the bike up with my head as I squatted to use both hands on a cheap, cup 'n' cone bb without the aid of a pin wrench (nail and hammer + pipe wrench or vise grips). Life would have been much easier with hooks suspended from the ceiling! Patrick Moore, happy with the Feedback Sports stand that he paid full retail for at a LBS. On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: I am much happier with a stand also! Even for doing things as simple as changing tires, it's a worthwhile investment because it should last a long time. That being said, since I got my stand I have greatly increased my repertoire of repairs performed, up to and including complete builds. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
but Patrick, would you pay somebody to make those same repairs? On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 11:19:55 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: Funny. I've done many complete teardowns, builds, and rebuilds using a concrete floor, or while propping the bike against a wall; or, in fact, holding the bike up with my head as I squatted to use both hands on a cheap, cup 'n' cone bb without the aid of a pin wrench (nail and hammer + pipe wrench or vise grips). Life would have been much easier with hooks suspended from the ceiling! Patrick Moore, happy with the Feedback Sports stand that he paid full retail for at a LBS. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
I knew someone would bring up Kraynick's :)It is truly a Gem . Jerry is wonderful man and for those us who've been there to describe it to those who have not is impossible . It very much reminds me of how many bike shops used to be when I was growing up. On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 10:35:08 PM UTC-4, ascpgh wrote: That was very nice. It balances the boorish Rapha store I did go into in Amsterdam last April. Frans reminds me of a bike repair icon here. He fills a similar function and place in the cycling community, albeit much less dependent on bikes as their legs: https://youtu.be/LLR7P5_mvwc His shop has eleven work stand stations, each supplied with tools for folks to do their own work or learn how from him or another person who's next to them working on their bike. I've been there when he's told a post-doc student he's not changing another tube for him, he's going to lean how to do it himself. He sponsors the Christmas bike give away through volunteer repair work, donated bikes and never-claimed impound bikes. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 11:09:14 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: https://vimeo.com/133432406 It's more like a *barrio* car repair shop than any American bicycle shop I've seen, though Stevie's in Corrales, NM where I do occasional work is close -- a neighborhood bike shop that repairs and sells what the neighborhood wants and rides, a lot of lowish end runabouts. I suppose that such a business can survive without grief only in a society with a more aggressive redistributive taxation system. That said, I'm not giving up my multi-thousand, self indulgent, Rivendells any day soon. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
of *what* ? lol On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 1:30:56 PM UTC-4, Bill wrote: I wonder if he repairs frames of MCFRBs? Or not. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
Thanks Patrick. Nice video. Jim D. Massachusetts On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 11:09:14 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: https://vimeo.com/133432406 It's more like a *barrio* car repair shop than any American bicycle shop I've seen, though Stevie's in Corrales, NM where I do occasional work is close -- a neighborhood bike shop that repairs and sells what the neighborhood wants and rides, a lot of lowish end runabouts. I suppose that such a business can survive without grief only in a society with a more aggressive redistributive taxation system. That said, I'm not giving up my multi-thousand, self indulgent, Rivendells any day soon. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
Thanks for posting. I like this video. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
also going to have to take exception with the successful socialism exemplar. In a supply and demand economy, he has it by the, well, you know. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
we have a few barrio bike shops in San Antonio, but other than only a fraction of the floorspace, Frans' shop not much unlike our oldest bikes hop, James, downtown Inside C.A. James Bike Shop https://www.google.com/maps/place/Charles+A+James+Bicycle+Co/@29.4281209,-98.494007,3a,75y,296.34h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1scuClPL2M1gVrgrWIsdmbdw!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x4774b52a3df70c1!6m1!1e1 On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 10:09:14 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: https://vimeo.com/133432406 It's more like a *barrio* car repair shop than any American bicycle shop I've seen, though Stevie's in Corrales, NM where I do occasional work is close -- a neighborhood bike shop that repairs and sells what the neighborhood wants and rides, a lot of lowish end runabouts. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
No socialism from me; I just said that a shop like that pictured, where many of the payments are small enough to be made in coins, probably would fare less well in the US where income taxes might be higher on small incomes and social services far less extensive and more expensive to the user. This has nothing to do with socialism, as I understand it. On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Ron Mc bulldog...@gmail.com wrote: also going to have to take exception with the successful socialism exemplar. In a supply and demand economy, he has it by the, well, you know. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
The coins are probably 5 Euros, which is probably enough to fix that gentleman's brake lever. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
Thanks Patrick, I really enjoyed that. Michael On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 11:09:14 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: https://vimeo.com/133432406 It's more like a *barrio* car repair shop than any American bicycle shop I've seen, though Stevie's in Corrales, NM where I do occasional work is close -- a neighborhood bike shop that repairs and sells what the neighborhood wants and rides, a lot of lowish end runabouts. I suppose that such a business can survive without grief only in a society with a more aggressive redistributive taxation system. That said, I'm not giving up my multi-thousand, self indulgent, Rivendells any day soon. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: A day in the life of a working class Amsterdam bicycle repair shop.
That was very nice. It balances the boorish Rapha store I did go into in Amsterdam last April. Frans reminds me of a bike repair icon here. He fills a similar function and place in the cycling community, albeit much less dependent on bikes as their legs: https://youtu.be/LLR7P5_mvwc His shop has eleven work stand stations, each supplied with tools for folks to do their own work or learn how from him or another person who's next to them working on their bike. I've been there when he's told a post-doc student he's not changing another tube for him, he's going to lean how to do it himself. He sponsors the Christmas bike give away through volunteer repair work, donated bikes and never-claimed impound bikes. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 11:09:14 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: https://vimeo.com/133432406 It's more like a *barrio* car repair shop than any American bicycle shop I've seen, though Stevie's in Corrales, NM where I do occasional work is close -- a neighborhood bike shop that repairs and sells what the neighborhood wants and rides, a lot of lowish end runabouts. I suppose that such a business can survive without grief only in a society with a more aggressive redistributive taxation system. That said, I'm not giving up my multi-thousand, self indulgent, Rivendells any day soon. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
