The closing reception for FEELINGS is this Thursday, May 29th, from 7 to 9 PM. Come on by! It’s a pick of the week from Big, Red and Shiny!
For the month of May, 2014, space whisperer Liz Nofziger and neurolinguistic acrobat Heather Kapplow explore and invite you to explore the surfaces and interior machinations of Broadway Bicycle School’s most private and magical chamber.
Both ladies have done thorough explorations of similar rooms independently in the past, and now bring their collective force, not witnessed publicly since May 2, 2010, to bear on this worthy subject.
Their installation Feelings has already been in place for an indeterminate amount of time and will continue to evolve throughout the month, culminating (but not necessarily peaking) in a closing event on May 29th from 7 pm until 9 pm. But Kapplow & Nofziger invite you to visit Feelings anytime you find yourself in Cambridge and feel the urge to go.
Special thanks to Zumix, Linda Price-Sneddon, and to Todd Antonellis for his invaluable contributions to Feelings
Thank you again for all the supporters of our Team Shark! raffle to support Bikes Not Bombs. Thanks to your help we raised almost $800 for the organization we love. If you won a prize during our raffle you have already been contacted. If you have not been contacted please know how much I appreciate your support of Bikes Not Bombs. You’re great!
Come by and get a raffle ticket to support Bikes not Bombs and you will be entered to win a 62cm Surly Steamroller, a pair of Red Sox Tickets ($200 value) and other great prizes. The drawing ends Friday 5/16 at 6pm. Get them while you can!
NOTE: Prizes are NOT exchangeable, returnable or refundable. All prizes must be picked up by Monday 5/26 from shop or it will be donated to Bikes Not Bombs.
For the month of May, 2014, space whisperer Liz Nofziger and neurolinguistic acrobat Heather Kapplow explore and invite you to explore the surfaces and interior machinations of Broadway Bicycle School’s most private and magical chamber.
Both ladies have done thorough explorations of similar rooms independently in the past, and now bring their collective force, not witnessed publicly since May 2, 2010, to bear on this worthy subject.
Their installation Feelings has already been in place for an indeterminate amount of time and will continue to evolve throughout the month, culminating (but not necessarily peaking) in a closing event on May 29th from 7 pm until 9 pm. But Kapplow & Nofziger invite you to visit Feelings anytime you find yourself in Cambridge and feel the urge to go.
Special thanks to Zumix, Linda Price-Sneddon, and to Todd Antonellis for his invaluable contributions to Feelings
The Pancake breakfast is next Tuesday May 13th from 7:30-9:30am! Come down to Broadway for the best pancakes that you can get for free at a bike shop! We will also be selling raffle tickets for $5 each or 5 for $20 to benefit Bikes not Bombs! All proceeds will go to the campaign of our mechanic Kate Mills who’s team, TEAM SHARK!, will be riding 80 miles for the Bikes Not Bombs Bike-A-Thon ride. Prizes include: a Bailey Works Bag, a Gotham Light, Cappow bicycling caps, locks and more! Tickets will go on sale at the breakfast and winners will be chosen on Friday 5/16. Thank you again to Bailey Works and Fortified Lights for their generous contributions.
Everyone here at the shop has a special bike..sometimes more than one or three. Today we meet longtime Broadway fixture Joe and his new All-City.
Why the All-City? My plan was to build this as a commuter bike, so it had to be steel. OK, all my bikes are steel. Also I wanted horizontal drop outs and I didn’t want a wicked expensive one so my choices came down to the All-City Space Horse or the Surly Crosscheck. The All-City was closer in geometry to my old road bike and it comes already coated internally with their ED coating so it’s ready to ride year round. I like the way it feels-it’s comfortable, predictable-its just a damn nice bike!
Do you mostly ride it for commuting? I did want it to be a bike I could ride long distances, that I could do other stuff with, and it is comfortable to ride long distances but so far I have mostly just used it for commuting.
No derailleurs on this huh- why did you decide to go with an internally geared hub? It just makes a lot of sense to use internal gears on a commuter. I find that you do less maintenance, parts wear out less quickly and it’s convenient to downshift at a stop. I have the Shimano Alfine 11 speed. It has really wide gearing plus I put a big cog on it so it is geared low so hills are no problem. The difference between high and low gear is over 400% so you really have a great range on it.
You also use generator lights not battery powered lights why? They are always there and always ready to go. I don’t have to worry about getting them stolen and I don’t have to worry about charging batteries or batteries dying. Plus they are really bright. It gives me enough light to actually see the road which is important when I get out of the city. My lights now are so bright I sometimes think there is a car behind me lighting up the road.
I’ve never seen an integrated brake shift lever on a drop bar used with an internal hub- that’s insane! Yes, Shimano only has upright bar shifters for the Alfine. These are made by a company called Versa.
You were also an early switch over to the new Cambium saddle how do you like it? I really like it. It is comfortable and I don’t really notice it, it just fades away. Plus I don’t need to worry about covering it if it is raining.
We just got in the new Surly Straggler in stock! The Straggler is basically the Crosscheck but with 3 significant changes. First, it comes with STI shifters instead of the bar end shifters on the crosscheck. Lots of people love the bar-end shifters but for me the STI levers are worth every penny- shifting is so easy. Second, the Straggler has disc brakes instead of the standard canti’s on the Crosscheck. Thirdly, and most importantly, the Straggler comes in black but it also comes in the sparkly Glitter Dreams shown below (the photo does not do this color justice, it is really, really cool). Right now we have one in 52cm, but can get any size. Come down and check it out!
The only thing at this shop we love more than bikes are dogs! We just saw a neat little free app that helps lost dogs get back to their owners. It’s a very cool idea- Finding Rover uses facial recognition software to match up a lost dog with dogs in its database. The main thing that this app needs is for people to know about it- so check it out, register your dog and tell your friends.
