Thursday, June 22, 2006

Bicycle renovations?

Bikequiz

1. Do you have a bike? (If not, but you want one, skip to question #7.)

2. Does your bike need maintenance/repair? (If you answered, "I don't know" to this question, see #3. If you said yes, skip to #9)

3. Does your bike make noises like a male elk in mating season?

4. Have you hit a large object with your bike or been hit by a large object while on your bike recently?

5. Have any bits fallen off your bike lately?

6. Do your brake levers pull most of the way back to your bars when you try to stop? (If you donBikequiz't know what brake levers are, proceed immediately to question #9)

7. Do you want to get a cheap, sturdy, functional bike?

8. Are you interested in rescuing a bicycle, as opposed to buying a new one from the store?

9. Do you sometimes/often/always feel intimidated by those bike shop guys?

10.Would you like to have a bike mechanic that you can really trust?

11.Do you want to learn how to fix your bike?

If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, you should check out JETT GRRL Bike Studio! You can get a bike, get your bike fixed, learn to fix your own bike or even just learn how the thing works...

1925 Adanac St. BACK door
Vancouver
604.255.5097
jett_grrl@hotmail.com
www.jettgrrl.com

*This posting is unofficial word-of-mouth advertising from a rider who's halfway through the beginner workshops. Tracy's awesome!

Sunday, June 4, 2006

Form vs. Function

I just removed another 'handyman special' addition to the place. I tend to refer to these lovely little additions as vestiges of Frank. He had installed two wooden rods at about 6' high over the bathtub, parallel to the shower curtain rod. I think they were meant for drying clothing. They do function quite adequately as a towel drying spot, but the things were ugly as hell. Also a bit of a hindrance to anyone over 6' tall who wanted to get clean vertically. Our catsitter-on-retainer, Mike, had some serious issues washing his hair in the shower while he was here.

Had Debbie Travis seen this place before we started on it, I think she would have had an aneurysm. I can't count on my fingers & toes the number of bizarre, stop-gap customizations that ol' Frank did to the place. He seemed to take pride in using hardware for some other purpose than intended, like towel rack brackets to hold up glass shelves. Usually his ideas would require some extra bits of wood & double-sided tape to hold it all together. Imagine Macgyver as an interior designer, & you'll have an idea of what we're dealing with here...

Next on the list is the odd, wooden handle in the tub enclosure. It looks like a paper towel rack made in a grade eight woodwork class.

Thursday, June 1, 2006

SPRUNG!

Our building actually has one of the nicest gardens around the neighbourhood. Spring has revealed that fact.

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