Harris cyclery is closing
07-04-21, 06:53 PM
#126
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Tools to maintain an old road bike: Park work stand, allen wrenches, crank extractor,13mm flat wrench for centering brake pads on the rims, Brooks saddle wrench, Kiwi mink oil as cheap substitute for Brooks Proofhide, flat wrenches to adjust hub cones, needle-nose pliers to cinch up cables, freewheel removal tool for 5-speed cassette, chain breaker, Zefal frame pump, spare tube, tire patch kit, Campy 8mm t-tool for derailleurs.
07-05-21, 01:09 PM
#127
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so long, and has attained Landmark status. Harris loved quirky stuff that was outside the mainstream. Fixed Gear, classic old 3-speeds, all were welcome at Harris. We also went
through a period of mourning when the late Mike Farny closed his shop, Lincoln Guide Service, in early 2000. That was also a quirky, outside the mainstream, shop.
07-06-21, 03:10 PM
#128
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I used to shop at the Lincoln Guide Service, XC skis and bikes. Did you get your Bridgestone there? They were a dealer.
07-10-21, 06:54 PM
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I did most of the rebuild myself, but the rear wheel was toast. Well,,, Harris to the rescue. The Harris in-house wheel builder built me a fine rear wheel, and the bike
rides beautifully. This was the bike I should have bought, but didn't. Well,, nothing like correcting a mistake you made, decades later. I don't think there are a lot
of shops out there that would do what Harris did for me on that wheel build.
Didn't Mike Farny also own an interest in that shop at the end of the Minuteman bikeway?
