Kind of old news...

UPDATE: Opening a new commuter-oriented bike shop, Trinity Bicycles, near Downtown Fort Worth, two blocks from the T&P rail station.

But I wanted to mention it anyway. Jeremy and Shaggy represented PCBC well at the Moritz Cowtown Cyclocross race last Saturday.

I guess all that dismounting and running to elevators is pretty decent training for Cyclocross season, now that I think about it.

Check out the PCB Blog and newest Fort Worth blog West and Clear for photos.

Bicycles Fort Worth

MAN DOWN! (but only for a little while)

On his first run yesterday, Shaggy called me and said the words a dispatcher hates to hear... "I'm down."

I sent Brian to pick him and his bike up, because it sounded like they were both pretty damaged.

His thumb was cut pretty badly; it was pretty gnarly... looked kind of like Pac Man:


His front wheel looked like a pringle:


And he cracked his helmet:


But after getting a ride home for a wound cleaning, a bike change, and a new helmet, he finished all his runs for the day.

Don't mess with our couriers... they're tough.

Little Whistler

Whistler's lovely wife gave birth to little whistler lady number two this wednesday!

knight riders and couriers drink at the chatroom.

fact.

Messenger bikes spotted at the Flying Saucer:

ouch.

I smacked the pavement pretty hard coming down bryant-irvin this morning.
Also got my first flat in a year or so.
Oddly enough, I seem to be relatively scratch free.
Actually, my neck was bothering me the last couple of days and the fall seemed to knock into the right spot.
I'll take a crash over a chiropractor any day.
I think my derailer hanger caught the worst of it, but it should be good as new after I bend it back.
damn, steel is a wonderful thing.

New Champ

As of today, I'm the new holder of the PCB most-runs-in-a-single-day-by-a-single-rider record! I will hold this record until tomorrow, when Trae will beat me. He has more scheduled runs tomorrow morning than I had all day today.

you know what sports drink rules?

PICKLE JUICE!!

no joke.

ultimate elecrolyte replacer ever.

we got a whole fridge full of it.

Another one of Fort Worth's Finest...

...bicycle messengers. Leo, in all his courier trackstand glory:

Shaggy 10-10, waiting for dispatch.

tall bikin'

this is a documentary about my former residence.
it is vaguely bicycle related and takes place in fort worth.

NEW BLOOD.

we got a new courier. he is polite and far too intelligent. his name is leopoldo.
he was my riding buddy back in denton.

jeremy put him through the ringer yesterday. hopefully he recovers in time for next tuesday.
which I assume is going to be stupid hot.

Media Darling

Check it!

BUSY

I had six or so oversized packages. couple of round trip and multiple zone deliveries. All while I was supposed to be at the shop. Anyone interested in covering tuesdays for me?

MOST BUSY DAY EVER, EVER.

The bar has been raised. between bernie, jason and myself we managed to do nine runs. all on top of the shop being stupid busy. go team.

Manic Monday? Eh, not so much...

Well, yesterday I only had one run, and it was early, so I went on a scenic cruise. I wound up going from the water gardens down Main, zig zagging thru the neighborhoods all the way down to Pafford street, about 6 blocks S. of Berry, on both sides of Hemphill. Rode past kids playing in the yards, old men sitting on the porch in the shade, and young men cruising on their bicycles too.

A smile and a nod was given to all, and most returned the same.

It was a good day to be alive and on a bike for sure.

Took my mind of of my sick kitty, Bumper. 294.00 later, she's doing much better...
YIKES.

Shaggy, out

only one delivery today.
weak. we need another summit consultants.
no big deal. jason kept me busy with the dirty work.
I even got to help sell a bike.

and as always.
got to wash the whole day down with a generous portion of rahr's stormcloud IPA.
wicked.

Yesterday got off to a rough start: 1) I started late because I had to stay and get griped out at my regular job. 2) I couldn't find my first pick up because of a somewhat ignorant security guard's misinformation. 3) Being frazzled from my mounting list of worries and frustrations (not excluding points 1 and 2) I forgot to get the recipients to sign my delivery slips all morning. and finally 4) I went to one drop off location instead of the pick up, and so had to turn around and to the real pick up and come right back. During all this confusion and mess I vented my frustrations by riding really hard, so at least that was a positive way of getting it all out. The rest of the day was pretty pleasant, though bittersweet. This is because that will probably be my last day to do courier work for a good while. I am trying to work my regular job and at the same time get my teaching certification and the workload for the certification is piling up on me quick. I'll miss messengering a lot and I hope I get to do it again. It's the most fun I've ever had "working," that's for sure.

Peace out, Whistler.

busy day today.
got to the shop early so shaggy and me could look pretty for a photo essay.
I think we did a pretty swell job.
did a couple runs, staged some shots. cool stuff.
RJ the photojournalist kept up pretty good on his singlespeed.
you better looks for us in the star telegram.
back at the shop I got to take care of some merch, and learn the mystical secrets of bicycle repair.
finally I got to wash it all down with the always delicious rahr stormcloud IPA.

cant wait to do it all over again.

Sub-sti-tute (Sing it like the WHO song)

SInce Jason is out of town, I gave up my messenger day to help Bernie around the shop and got the Shagster to cover for me. Turned out to be pretty unnecessary though since the only run we had for him was to go get our burger and gyro from Paul's. Shaggy spent most of the day out on his bike though and probably covered more miles than I do when I have a bunch of runs. It's good to be around folks like that who just love riding. Thanks man, sorry it was so dead.