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Old 02-15-12, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by eofelis
Good idea, and great logo!

But I got distracted by the mention of Dinosaur BBQ, which I have never heard of before. We should have one in Colorado! Plenty of dinosaurs here (I have paleontologist friends).
Dinosaur BBQ has four or five locations all across New York state, is pretty good for NY BBQ. Pretty fun atmosphere too, always seems to be busy.

Originally Posted by eofelis
And I noticed your granite countertop. (You know you're a geologist if....). Classic porphyritic granite (the dark one). Not yet sure of the one with the polar bottles on it.
Yea, the island granite, the counter tops are some type of marble. I hate the marble, stains very easily and everything leaves rings.

Originally Posted by eofelis
We have our own bikeshop in the basement but haven't thought of naming it.
You should call it Rock Cycles.
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Old 02-15-12, 03:21 PM
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This is the coolest and most thoughtful gift I ever heard of!
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Old 02-15-12, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by wisaunders
Dinosaur BBQ has four or five locations all across New York state, is pretty good for NY BBQ. Pretty fun atmosphere too, always seems to be busy.



Yea, the island granite, the counter tops are some type of marble. I hate the marble, stains very easily and everything leaves rings.



You should call it Rock Cycles.
They should put a Dinosaur BBQ in Dinosaur, CO. Yes it's a real town in northwest Colorado. But it's a very tiny town. If you look on googleearth many of the streets are named for dinosaurs. Wouldn't it be awesone to live on Ceratosaur Street?


I looked at that counter and it looked like a brecciated limestone. Marble is metamorphosed limestone. Cooked by heat and pressure, probably heat in this instance because it doesn't look distorted.

My bf, who works on the bikes, is also a geologist so Rock Cycles would be a great name for our basement bike shop. He has 2 Gunnar Rockhound bikes too.
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Old 02-15-12, 04:07 PM
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My home shop used to be on the back porch, and since the weather is usually pretty good here, that worked fine for many years. Two years ago I cleaned out the garage and while my Miata (weekend car) takes up half the garage, the balance is (pretty much) my bike shop. Sure, the lawn mower and shop vac. get their little bit of garage space, but mostly it's my bike shop.

Unlike the fine gentleman living under the name of Saunders (see OP), my garage shop doesn't have a name. No beer glasses, no official logo and certainly no tatoo. Otherwise, it has 2 bike repair stands and all the tools I need, so really (except for not having the cool PR stuff) I have no complaints.

Still, after seeing the Saunders Patio and Bike Shop cool stuff . . . it does seem kind of empty.

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That's awesome! I need to name my shop...
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Old 02-15-12, 07:16 PM
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Thanks for all the replies! I shared a link to this thread with my wife and her family. They were floored with how cool you guys think the stuff is. I can't imagine a better way to have shown them how thankful I am and much it means to me.
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She did a really nice job on that graphic. I like how the circle incorporates both a wheel and gear.
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