Misc

Misc.: A little bit of something for everyone. For sale items; question and answer session, etc.,

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From: Bud Hammerton

To: newsiesuziesisk@carolina.rr.com

Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 5:56 PM

Subject: It was a pleasure to meet you this afternoon

Suzie,

It was a real pleasure to meet you and to talk about tandems this afternoon at the end of the Bicycles East mid-Saturday morning ride. As I promised here is a link to my website. It is called The Incidental Cyclist. What I wanted to accomplish with this site is to say some things that are on my mind, share useful (and sometimes not so useful) information with other avid cyclists in the area, and perhaps in some small way promote cycling in Union County. My daughter and I do spend a lot of time on the bike, and some of it is even on the tandem! Take a look at what I am doing on the web and let me know what you think. As anything on the web, it is a work in progress and I am always looking for little things to improve the readers experience.

If you happen to click on the site stats page, I am not afraid to show people what my traffic numbers are. What is displayed are stats for the current day and the previous day. The busiest traffic seems to come on Mondays and Wednesdays, so I always try to have fresh content on those particular days. As I mentioned to you during our conversation, you can subscribe to the calendar and it can automatically populate events into anything that supports iCal (Apple iCal, Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar). You may leave a comment on any post. I do allow anyone to post links in your comments and if you are a registered user those links will be indexed by Google, Yahoo, Ask, etc. from the very first comment. Unregistered users will need to make a number of comments before I allow their links to be indexed on my site. Please note that it is a blog and not a forum so although I allow commenting on topics posted, only my daughter and I can create original material. I do allow excerpts of any of my posts to be reposted on other websites as long as there is also a link to the original posting on my site.

My daughter and I will be out on our tandem for Jeff’s Zoo ride Sunday afternoon at 2:00 pm. That ride starts at the New Town Elementary School. The school is located just south of New Town Road on Indian-Trail/Waxhaw Road. If you are there look for us on out blue Cannondale.

Bud

Bike Frame Painting -- Click here for PDF flyer (3/07)

bikedelic: custom paint and components

For Sale Yakima 9mm Tandem Carrier (3/07)

This is a roof rack that will work with either round or square roof rack cross bars. It is the Yakima model from about 10 years ago. It has not been used much, and everything is in very good condition. It is a front fork mount design using a 9mm locking skewer. The boom (bottom) tube cradle is adjustable, and so is the spacing between the front and rear cross bar mounts. Asking $130 (Now reduced was $150). Please call Hank Cook at 803.328.6017 (at home in the evenings and weekends) or 704.731.7987 (at work). Hank.Cook@fluor.com

For Sale: Tandem (10/27/06)

From: MARTIN ZIMMERMAN" <martinzimmerman8@yahoo.com>

Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 11:29 AM

Subject: TAILWIND TANDEM - I have an extra Tandem

If I were to describe the bike I have could you help me find a buyer ? I bought it used (but in very good shape) for under $1000; it is not a "name brand" but might work well for the recreation cyclist who is not into spending huge sums of $ .

I am Adam Lawler from West Jefferson. My wife Karen and I are looking for a used tandem and trailer to take a tour to California on this summer. We are looking for a nice road touring bike, something like a Cdale, Burley, Trek, etc. I found your club on the web and thought I'd send out an email to see if y'all knew of anyone wanting to sell one.

Our biggest challenge is going to be fit. Karen will be the captain most of the time due to my vision problems. She is 5'3" and I am 5'7".

Any help you could be in pointing us the right direction for our first tandem would be appreciated.

Oversized Tandem Case -- is so convenient to use and easy to store that it has become the case most recommended by tandem bicycle manufacturers to their customers. This version of the Race Case has all the protection qualities of the other cases but in a stretched format to fit most tandem bicycles. The Tandem Race Case comes with a gear bag, two wheel bags, and a derailleur bag. For ease of mobility, the Tandem Race case is mounted on four large casters. It also has a removable pull strap and six handles. https://www.bikeprousa.com/tandem.php?UID=2004021916385165.1.175.171

Will rent out box for $100 flat fee up to a two week trip. For more info, contact --Bill Murphy,

Tandem for Rent - Want to see what riding a tandem is like but don’t want to go out and buy a tandem just yet to see if you are compatible. TailWind Tandem Club and Rock Hill Bicycle Club are in agreement to the following conditions for loaning or renting their club tandem –

Ø $100 deposit required (the exception is the Monday night ride) - check will not be cashed unless tandem is damaged

Ø If the bike is kept more than two weeks, Phyllis will inspect it every two weeks during the rental period

Ø Rick will inspect the bike and go over the checklist upon the bike's return- if all is in order the original check for $100 will be returned to renter. If someone wants to rent the tandem for long periods of time, a reduced daily fee can be negotiated with the executive committee.