And we miss you.
And your cute-ness.
I kid not.

Hey, what about me, I'm a cute boy, right Gilby?
Anyway, new transplant, come check me out at Penn Cycle on Lake and Lyndale and we can go for a bike ride. Always down to find new people to cruise with.

aw, you work at that penn?
shawn was always super-good to me.
especially when i was first working on the singlespeed
(and terribly pregnant)
too bad i don't live around there anymore.
i miss that dude.

so, new guy, are you in town?

p.s. bike gang disintegrated, HereNT.

Bummer - never did make it out to ride with them...

Crap - I'm in the wrong forum! I haven't ridden the fixie since Sat! I'll be over in the MTB forum...

Hey ya'll I'm in St. Paul now. Road trip was mofo.

Rode through the thunderstorm this afternoon. WTF? Is all that thunder and lightning necessary?

And what is up with the humidity? I knew I wasn't on the West Coast anymore when I saw the steakhouse that was kitty-corner from the cowpens in Iowa.

Found a decent cafe with a SS riding barista. So far school is already kicking my a$$ and I have only been here two days.

Saw a blue fixie-convert Puch on campus. One of yourn maybe?

I live over by Como Park, less than a five minute walk to Half Time Rec, FWIW. I suggest taking Energy Park/U of MN busway if you are going to Minne*******is from that way. Drop me a line sometime.

It's pretty fun over here, and yes, Shawn is still here. I'm actually at work now and I just showed him your post, but he does'nt remember who you are. Please fill him in, and me too!
hey this is shawn can you give me another hint because your surname is not helping me much.
your name does not start with a e does it. are you miss november this year in the bike calendar?

And yes, MplsMinx, I am here, or were you talking to somebody else?

Haven't seen many fixed. Tons of mtn and comfort cruisers on Summit near Mac.
Doesn't anyone mess in St.Paul?

Where do you bartend minx? I'll ride on over during a thurs bar review.

Which coffee haven?

i wish i was miss november in the bike calendar.
me: i am mplsminx on myspace, if that helps you.
i'm not so good at describing myself.
a big *heart* to you, shawn, you rule.

and however did you get the idea that i tended bar, medicinhed?
that is a much,
much cooler job than i actually have.
but i'll join you for a bar run!

Revive a dead thread attempt?

But seriously, the rare times I do ride in MPLS I see a decet amount of fixie riders, but very few St Paul Side...What gives?

Is S to the P not that cool?

Last I was there Kenwood Cyclery closed. Sad, I have fond childhood memories of hanging out in that shop. Whats the shop over in dinky town, that one's pretty good but I can't remeber if I saw muched fixed stuff there, mostly road bikes.

Varsity Bikes? That's the only one besides Eric's that I can think of in Dinkytown...

Varsity definitely does not have much in the way of fixed gear stuff. If you're looking for fixed specific stuff I'd check out the Hub Co-op on Minnehaha or One on One on Washington.

Well my lad, it's because we St. Paulites are just a little old-fashioned over on this side of the River. Why, we've just discovered the new-fangled "safety" bike over here. I'm confused and frightened by its noisy chain and mechanical contrivances, but it's a sure bet safer than navigating those blasted penny farthings down our fair boulevards. It's hard to dodge all the horses and buggies on those wretched contraptions. Just last week I was thrown from my trusty highwheel by a wayward mule!

Nice. Luna.

I'll admit. Riding in MPLS feels like the old days. I even dodge cars when they are too slow for me.

I think I have become a St. Paul boy. I dig the dive bars, I dig the neighborhoods, and I dig $2 grain belts.

I even like it when all the "Lords of the Bling" in full kit on rocket bikes with like a gazillion shiny gears give me funny looks on Summit.

Hey I may look scruffy and smelly, and my bike looks like it is missing like a bunch of parts, and I may spin out sometimes, and you can see my old ass bellwethers through my corduroy cutoffs...hmmm I lost where I was going with this.

Anyway, I likee ridee St Pauli.

Coffee News on Grand near Mac.

There's like a perpetual line of cute barristas there. I think they grow them in the back.

Damn, I gotta find a way to move back there.

i was a messenger there for 3 years.

mess gigs are impossible in st. paul there are two messes down there. Carl and a girl. both have had them for about 16 years. good luck. plus you don't want to ride in st. paul it is all legal work which is dying in the cities.

best luck is to get to know a mess in downtown and buy him/her a bunch of beer to get the gig. very hard to get in....

look at you, working on free beer for your friends in mpls.
all the way from chicago.
i always knew you were a nice guy ; )

Mess gigs are tough to find in lots of places I hear. I'm over and out of it. But I am glad that there are some long term gigs for some people. It probably won't ever go away completely. Even in the computer age, there will still be a need to get a hard copy doc in your hands for $1.50.

What are the rates in the Twin Cities anyway?
I'm talking 1099.

Is most of the work in S to the P like all around the Capital? What about in MPLS?
How much more for a crosstown/cross river pickup to drop?

Going to Half Time Rec Tonight...mebbe...anyone anyone?