wow, nine days since my last post. Sorry about that.....with the warmer temperatures it's becoming obvious that folks are getting itchy to get out and start riding. The beginning of the spring rush and the locals begin to uncover their trusty steeds from the thaw. And some folks literally leave their bikes out in the elements ALL winter long. So for the past nine days i've been busily tuning and laboring over bikes that aren't the most deservant of a picture or a blog update. It's getting these bikes back up and running is the true joy of being a mechanic....so for the past nine days i've been watching the old Motobecane's , the new Calfee's, the in between Schwinn's and of course the delipadated old huffy's that typically take the worse of the punishment by actually sitting outside all winter. Ahhhhh, the joys of the Huffy. It would be pretty easy to sneer at a huffy that rolls into the shop, but to me i see a poorly made bike typically owned by someone that really doesn't know there is a difference and if they do know that there is a difference in quality they also know of the monetary difference and quite honestly $89 means different thinkgs to different folks. Being raised from the other side of the tracks, i understand that. It'd be easy to talk a person into trashing the bike and starting over with something new or something used. You know.... the American way. But if the customer only wants to ride to the mailbox and back does said owner really need a new bike ?? So we try to reshape the rusted, the dusty and refine the new. Welcome back spring, i missed ya.