I think they just wanted to retire. Although it seems like the shop has enough name recognition they could have sold the business rather than shutting down.
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All that said, Harris has sold interesting bikes for a long time. My wife grew up riding Terry bikes that she got there. Recently, they’ve been popular as a Brompton dealer for the Boston area.
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Moulton dealer too
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Harris report:
I snagged the Ridgid vise in the auction. I went to the shop to pick it up this afternoon. I just finished mounting it on my workbench.
While I was there, I saw one of @igor’s stickers on their old computer.
And managed to scrape off and save a Sheldon Brown Ride in Peace sticker
Pretty much everything sold at auction, but there was a pile of stuff under one of the shop benches that they said was up for grabs. I now have a lifetime supply of ferrules. Also snagged Chris King hub tools and some facing tools and a box of acid brushes that I’ll post in the classifieds later.
The big lot of parts that @jimmythefly was eyeing was being picked up by someone from Cambridge Used Bicycle, which seems like a worthy home.
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Those CK hub tools will be worth double if that’s Sheldon’s handwriting on the box.
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Amazing. Great cable accessory score. I’ve been avoiding buying bottles of the stuff for years.
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same but i work in a place that buys ferrules and blue cable tips en masse. but now i live 3.5 hours away…
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I need to do an inventory, but I’m pretty sure I now have more than a lifetime’s supply. Tarck secret santa may have some ferrule stocking stuffers…
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Deck the halls with ferrules and Prolly!
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This warms my cockles. Glad to know the spirit of Sheldon lives on among tarckfolk.
Dude, just do it. You’ll thank yourself. A bottle of ferrules and cable ends will last ten years, but you’ll always have 'em.
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@earwig dibs on the CK tools. Not really, since I already have pretty much everything they made, but I’d like to see what’s in that box.
somehow it’s exactly the voice i expected
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One of the drawers is full of Sturmey Archer odds and ends. So I start googling to figure out what I’ve got. Where do you think I ended up?
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Here ya go…
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I’ve been having a hell of a time this week with direct to consumer bikes and warranty issues that the companies don’t want to take responsibility for. Refused to tension a ride1up wheel today that came with the tension so low that the tensio chart doesn’t have a number for it. Told customer that the company should take care of it. Company calls me, asks what the problem is. I tell them we aren’t taking that wheel off and tensioning it. They tell me “ok well we will find someone who will.” Good luck.
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Oh man, my wife went to the radpower showroom and the floor bikes they had to sell were the same level of maladjustment as you would get from Wal-Mart.
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they have a showroom?
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