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Well, as it was a present, given to me by a close friend, I vowed to take good care of it. This kind of bike is no longer made and parts are rare, but given the opportunity I enjoy taking it apart and fixing it up, putting it back together again. It is also an extremely convenient way of getting around (no more parking problems), save when snow lies on the ground, and has provided a great deal of wonderful Sunday afternoons spent cruising the city, either alone or with a passenger behind...
From Greased Lightning to the Lamborghini Countach LP5000S, those on the inside know that a means of transportation is never merely a means. Amidst these vehicular baubles, enter the retro-bike. Wrapped up in two or four wheels is an ends onto itself--the ultimate accessory that can be excused for its functionality. This budding favorite--second only to the mauve velvet blazer--suits the slightly indie, sometimes artsy and always bespectacled of the cycling...
...Baratune R. Thurston '99 is the Claverly user assistant for HASCS, editor-in-chief of Computers@Harvard, published by the Harvard Computer Society and a Crimson editor. He can often be seen riding his bike through the snow...
...Greer says. With profits from the pay phone attached to the firehouse, which had heavy use from local drug dealers, the firemen bought radios to give away each month to children who earned especially good grades. They persuaded police officers and junk dealers to begin dropping off broken bike frames. A local bicycle repairman donated old tires and rims, and a fireman named Kirkland Flowers, whom the children eventually tagged with the nickname "the mayor of Robert Taylor," started building bikes during his spare hours...
...went to stop the individual on the bike, and they ended up on the ground," McNamara said...