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Old 01-11-05 | 03:47 PM
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i've been meaning to post about this for a while. i used to live in chicago, and lived for a year right down leland about two blocks away from urban bikes. the last couple of times i went back to visit, i noticed the name had changed to uptown bikes. is it still the same shop? is tim still involved (i think that was his name)? i remember getting a lot of good help there from someone named nora when i was converting my nishiki. it was a good shop, and i hope it was just a name change.
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It's just a name change... still the same people around.

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Old 01-11-05 | 04:15 PM
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that's good news. one of the nice things about that place was how involved they were in the neighborhood. maybe the name change is a way to further emphasize that or something.
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Well, it's at the Uptown stop. Maybe that's why they changed it?

They are still very involved with the community and have the kids programs there.

They're good people.

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Old 01-11-05 | 08:50 PM
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