"Can I leave my bike in the back"?
06-06-16, 06:28 PM
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"Can I leave my bike in the back"?
My last patient asked that after she got here, and I told her bring it inside and put it by mine. She was pretty happy about that, it wasn't what she expected.
06-06-16, 07:51 PM
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I wouldn't have expected it either. Good for you .
06-07-16, 03:21 PM
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You get happy events like that sometimes. I remember once I was at the amusingly-titled bbq restaurant Men Wielding Fire in Reno, not much parking on the narrow sidewalk outside, they were happy to let me roll my bike through the dining room and leave it in the patio out back. Or another time I rode to a hotel downtown to help set up an event in their ballroom, and they let me check my bike into a storage/utility room.
06-08-16, 01:05 PM
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... you have patients?
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06-08-16, 01:54 PM
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I started out with no patients. Then I decided to wait for some, but turns out I got no patience.
06-17-16, 02:22 PM
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I stayed in a hotel one time and asked if they could recommend a spot for me to keep my bike. They offered to let it set back behind the front desk in a back corner.
First floor = no carrying the bike up and down stairs!!
First floor = no carrying the bike up and down stairs!!
06-17-16, 06:49 PM
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06-17-16, 06:58 PM
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Poor bike, what a waste. The one I posted on the bar is actually mine. I rode it there and took it in and got the picture for a photo tag game being played on another forum.
06-18-16, 05:43 AM
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06-18-16, 02:15 PM
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I've read that some people ask (and are refused) for permission to bring their bike into the room. I don't beg the question. I've never been challenged about it but if I were would express shock that buying a room doesn't automatically include bringing your bicycle and other personal items inside.
06-18-16, 07:02 PM
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06-20-16, 05:55 PM
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I turned my 85 Miyata Ridge Runner into a cruiser years ago and use it as an errand runner. Those that have not had the experience of life with one of the early MTB designs will never understand how wonderful they ride. When the Ross MTB's came out we were blown away at how well they did it. Used to selling Ross Compacts and Eurotours, then wam! Right between the eyes! Great bikes.
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I turned my 85 Miyata Ridge Runner into a cruiser years ago and use it as an errand runner. Those that have not had the experience of life with one of the early MTB designs will never understand how wonderful they ride. When the Ross MTB's came out we were blown away at how well they did it. Used to selling Ross Compacts and Eurotours, then wam! Right between the eyes! Great bikes.
One day I will probably put the original bars back on it, but I like it in this configuration too.
06-20-16, 06:53 PM
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Good on you; if I were asked that my reply would be "sure, park it next to mine in this empty triage room..."
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right on! you know she'll be back
once on a ride, I needed help with a quick repair, Dicks Sporting Goods made me check in at the front desk w/ ID and they tagged it. I wasn't allowed to walk it to the bike dept.
REI, on the other hand, thought nothing of it and I walked right back to the bike dept where they helped me out quickly and graciously
once on a ride, I needed help with a quick repair, Dicks Sporting Goods made me check in at the front desk w/ ID and they tagged it. I wasn't allowed to walk it to the bike dept.
REI, on the other hand, thought nothing of it and I walked right back to the bike dept where they helped me out quickly and graciously
07-06-16, 08:36 AM
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