Hey All,

I live in NYC, but I'm in New Orleans for three months. They have a most excellent community-based bike shop here. See this:

http://planb.bikeproject.org/

The reason I'm writing is because there is really not much of a fixed-gear/track bike culture here in New Orleans due to the bad roads. But Plan B Bikes has a ****LOAD of retro (and not so retro) roadie frames suitable for building a fixed gear, single speed, english racer, or whatever. What they really need are frames that can accept fat tires, like mountain bike & beach cruiser frames.

I was thinking that if you were looking for a nice frame to build, or a complete bike, please consider getting in touch with them. They are great folks, and have (I'll say it again) a ****LOAD of nice frames that would be better suited to NYC road riding.

Here's why I think these guys are great; I just got into town yesterday. I went in there, built myself a nice retro cruiser (using their tools and a mix of new & old parts) and they wanted to charge me $25 for the whole bike. Absolutely ****ing nuts! I gave them a bunch more money than that.

C'mon, please help these guys out! Donate cruiser frames to them, or buy roadies from them. it shouldn't be hard to work out the exchange. At least three people from Brooklyn passed thru the place while I was working on my ride.


--Matt