RE-Cycle: Parts is Parts!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Parts is Parts!

WELL! Puddles is really earning his keep around here!! Not only does he keep the place clean (and can get in the rafters a HECK of alot easier then this Old Man, But My lifelong (those are shop years!) dream of having parts cleaned, and organised and on the showroom floor is COMING TRUE! YAY! Gone are the days of hunting for hours to find a top load derailleur, or a set of cantilever brakes! Then spending time cleaning and assembling! Now it's as simple as going to the bin grabbing a CLEAN AND ASSEMBLED part and putting it on!! WOW!! At the rate he's going the entire stock should be complete by months end!! AWESOME. And Jose' has been POUNDING out the rides left and right! 3 to 5...a DAY!! And they don't fall apart when you ride them! BONUS!! Zombie-Boy is STILL MIA, but I did hear from his roomy that he's been quite ill with a stomach virus. Yea OK, you can stay away with that, thank you very much I have NO need to share that bug!
Jose' put out three more today (one gave him a run for his money...BIG TIME! Those pic's will be tomorrow, and yes I haven't forgotten the pics from yesterday are below.
Thanks to all the folks coming in today, being such a GORGEOUS Florida Spring day! Sold the Banger from yesterday, as well as a little girls bike (SURPRISE) to a wonderful lady down visiting, and I'll tell you if you have to haul bikes get a Sonata! We fit both in the back and were able to close the trunk! UNBELIEVABLE! Many curious Looky Loo's today, ALWAYS welcome! And thanks to the gentleman who came in to buy bike #3, this one for his other daughter, I do hope she enjoys, and we have put the trades to good use already!
ME? I Cleaned the front of the shop to make room for our WALL 'O PARTS! And to condense all the clutter! Thank you as well to the gentleman designing and building a three wheel multi-speed tandem. WOOF! quite an undertaking! I'm glad we could help with parts, and stand ready to do so again when needed!
NOW before I close out for the day, what blog would be complete without an observation of the "Pains Of Youth!" (I think that will become a regular segment here...sadly)
I do so wish that I could become a teenager again, not so much for the youthful body and strength, but more so for the fact that I then too would KNOW EVERYTHING!
Whatever do you mean by that? you may ask. Well my oldest teenager, forever knowing better then his father had been bugging for quite some time that he needed a new bike. The Nishiki he acquired from his younger brother in a "questionable" trade last summer was far to small for him. He's 6"1 and weighs 200 pounds. A BIG boy. Well recently we purchased a SWEET Takara Big Boy framed bike converted to a hybrid to sell. he saw it, fell in love with it and to stop his incessant whining I acquiesced on the provision that he care for it! Well at our new home we have a semi enclosed vestibule, but still open to the outside. I had told him NIGHTLY NOT to leave it chained outside, but apparently opening the garage was FAR to much work and he chained it to the wall, against my advice...of course. Well guess what WASN'T there this morning?
WOW, you got it on the first guess! Good for you!
Keep an eye on the blog and I'll update you on when he asks for another one! Should be funny. And a genuine challenge to remove his moms size 8 an a half's from his backside.
Y'all have a great night and we'll see ya tomorrow.