Bikes ‘R’ Us

[lalato]

Originally published at Kickin' the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there.

I made it through the second week of the train commute. Yes, the second week. It would have been the third week, but I got the flu right after the first week (probably from someone on the train).

Anyway, I’m learning a lot more about Chicago as a result of taking

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[pamola]

Yesterday was bike repair for me as well. I got to talk with our local bike shop owner (has two others one in Hershey, PA the other in Alexandria). He says that lots of people are turning to bikes due to the current gas crisis. My bike shop owner is a retired bike racer. A couple of years ago he crashed into a tree at 65mph, broke 14 bones and had a heart attack. His wife decided he was retiring. They had already started the bike shops and decided to retire here by the coast. He sees that this is going to be a growing community and he wants to be the local bike shop.

The bike project looks nice. At work, maintenance started repairing old bikes and giving to area kids for christmas. Now the whole site is helping fund it and we give bikes and helmets to needy kids in three surrounding counties.

[lalato]

Yikes! A tree at 65mph sounds pretty rough. He's lucky to be alive.

I can't wait to join The Bike Project. I'll learn a lot and I'll help people at the same time. That's a win-win in my book.

--sam