Word: biking
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...Whatever a customer wants, we provide," says Roger Bourget, CEO of Bourget's Bike Works in Phoenix. "We build egos for guys." Bourget and other motorcycle craftsmen tailor bikes like fine suits. For speed demons, that might mean top suspension and a light chassis. For touring long distances, the custom biker will ask for an intercom system and heated seats and handlebars. Just cruising? He can do that on a chopper or a bagger with a hand-painted body and intricately detailed metalwork. The American artist Michael Godard ordered an $85,000 gangster-themed chopper with images from his collections...
Demand for limited-edition bikes has never been greater--the supply of wealthy middle-aged guys with too much time and money is growing--and the industry is expected to bust through $100 million in sales this year. "Our business has more than tripled over the past three years," says Wendy Atchison, CEO of Ecosse, a boutique cyclemaker in Denver. Its $275,000 Titanium Series RR is handcrafted by welders, machinists, painters and upholsters. The bike's all-titanium chassis is stronger than and a tenth the weight of steel, very difficult to weld and brutally expensive. For those hours...
...ahead, depending on the type of event, the venue's size, the candidate's popularity and his or her reputation for punctuality. Sometimes, you're supposed to register online with the campaign or pick up free tickets (at a campaign office or a less likely location, such as the bike shop where I found tickets last summer.) But in my experience (five caucus seasons to date) registration and tickets are less a requirement than a way to capture your contact information so you can be barraged with automated phone calls, e-mails, fliers and home visits from canvassers...
...Towers, the ugliest lead actress in history, and other landmarks. Watch out for the ending though–it’s a killer. Friday, Nov. 16, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 pm. Brattle Theater. $9.50. 3) Get Your Gears Turning There’s a 10 mile bike tour of Boston through the Stonybrook reservation and along Mother Brook this Saturday, led by the Boston Natural Areas Network. Saturday, Nov. 17. E-mail info@bostonnatural.org to sign up. 4) Big Daddy Says Go! “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” is closing this Saturday...
Other green-conscious professors contacted by The Crimson bragged about their fancy bicycles. Economist Emmanuel Farhi says his bike is “very powerful,” and physicist Gerald Gabrielse notes that his is made of titanium. Still others, such as economist Matthew Nunn, mathematician Bret J. Benesh, English professor Elizabeth D. Lyman, and political scientists Glyn Morgan and Cindy Skach said they used Zipcars when they needed mechanized transport. “Nearly everyone I know uses them,” Morgan says of his Cambridge neighbors. The Zipcar service allows people to rent cars quickly...