On 04/26/2016 08:56 PM, Cecily Walker wrote:
I decided to try out a new woman-owned, and women-centred bike shop a
couple of weeks ago to have my bike serviced. I like supporting women
who love bikes, and after I had a pinch blow-out on my rear tire*, I
had a perfect opportunity.
My ex-husband got the car and the bike rack when we split, so he helps
me when I need to transport my Betty Foy anywhere. As we were taking
the bike off the rear rack, he said "If they don't recognize how
awesome your bike is, or at least comment on the frame maker, you know
you can't come back here, right?" I laughed it off, because of course
being a store that was set up by/for people who love bikes, they'd
surely know Rivendell.
Not only did they *not* comment on seeing a Rivendell in the wild,
they misspelled it on the receipt when I went to pick up the bike.
There are lots of bike lovers who don't know Rivendell. There are many
disciples to cycling, often with fervent adherents, and they don't all
share Riv values or awareness thereof.
And thus endeth my experiment with feminist solidarity.
* The pinch flat was caused by a jerk of a neighbour who has it in for
my bike. I think they meddled with my rear tire.
How did that happen? Pinch flats (aka snakebite) don't "blow out" --
the air rushes out through the parallel snakebite like cuts -- and
they're caused by hitting a bump or ledge so hard the tube gets pinched
between the tire on the ledge and the metal of the rim. Hard to see how
someone else could cause that, unless they forced you off the road.
Alternatively, some people call getting the tube caught between the tire
bead and the rim, with resulting explosive blow out when the air
pressure wedges the tire off the rim, a "pinch flat;" and that's an
installation problem, often exacerbated by an excessively wide tube.
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