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07-06-09, 12:24 AM
Hey! im pretty new here. Im a student @ UCR and rely on my bike for a good amount of getting around. Over the 4th of July weekend I did a 30 mile ride along the boardwalk on newport beach/balboa blvd, and my 1973 schwinn superior barely made it. A friend blew a tire and we went through 2 pinched tubes trying to reseat the tire, and we still failed :roflmao2: Another friend's seat on his beach cruiser went rogue, and pinched his arse pretty hard:lol:. Our ineptitude, the minor problems that became big problems and eventually screwed our trip over got me thinking, so id like to run an idea by you..
I used to be very involved over at the subaru forums, and we do something every 3 months or so called an "install day" or a "garage day", where a bunch of members in the area and neighboring cities would come by a member's house to help newbies wrench, talk about/show off rides, eat food and make new friends. The community gets closer and people get some real knowledge for life. (maintenance and care on a machine is def. worthy knowledge in my book:D) do we have anything like that go down around here? There are a few things I need to get done on my bike, and id rather learn how to do it so I have that skill set with me.
Throw me some feedback, I think/hope i can handle it.
I used to be very involved over at the subaru forums, and we do something every 3 months or so called an "install day" or a "garage day", where a bunch of members in the area and neighboring cities would come by a member's house to help newbies wrench, talk about/show off rides, eat food and make new friends. The community gets closer and people get some real knowledge for life. (maintenance and care on a machine is def. worthy knowledge in my book:D) do we have anything like that go down around here? There are a few things I need to get done on my bike, and id rather learn how to do it so I have that skill set with me.
Throw me some feedback, I think/hope i can handle it.