one less car news

jared who is yeti bags sent me this bag to review. i have received alot of bags now but this one has blown my mind,the craftsmanship is amazing its perfect. i cant wait to test it out for the next few weeks. check out jared's stuff on his blog, (the recycled bags looks really cool.)

for real. its my winter bike, here is the story. its a brown Schwinn varsity, i bought it for $30.00 bucks out of some dudes yard (yeah yeah i know $30.00 is a lot for a Schwinn but i felt like the guy really needed the cash) i turned it into the scariest fixed gear ever! it was super sketchy,im talking 27 inch wheels,53 18 gearing,suicide hub and platform pedals. last year i decide that i would spend a few bucks and make it safe. i bought a bottom bracket conversion kit so i could use a regular bottom bracket and put the wheels off my iro on it because i sold the iro. i used some old mtb cranks and bottom bracket and the chain line was really really far off...but it worked.once i hit a bump while in traffic and because my chain was loose and my chain line was so far off my chain came off and wrapped around the spokes stopping the wheel dead! i survived it but feel i used one of my nine lives. next its the one i hit the lady on,and the other day the rear tire split going around a corner and i almost went face first into the pavement. so i locked to the parking meter out front and let it get covered with salt and snow to show it who's boss. today i decide that i wanted to have fenders again and my good bike is getting covered in crap. i bought a new $15 tire and went to put it on. the tube that was in there had a hole near the stem so i used a back up tube,i put it in, pumped it up to 80psi and was making sure it was seated right...all close to it and... BAM! the tube blew so loud, its been three hours and my ears are still ringing! im pretty sure the people who live downstairs think one of us are dead because it sound just like a gun shot. i gave up,its sitting in the corner silently taunting me. i used to call it The Noodle because it was so soft under you but now im thinking of calling it Christine.

please tell me other people have cursed bikes and im not just crazy.

thanx to all you guys this month was the biggest month we ever had. we 969,740 hits! i really cant believe its gotten this big...im going to have to hire an employee...hmmm me as a boss...thats not right.


thank you

cole

man i went to print today and all my ink was froze. i print in the back room of our apartment and there is no heat, usually my dryer warms it up nice but not today it was like 11 out...bummer.

my winter bike also has a flat and i dont want to even change it so im riding my good bike in this crap. i want summer pretty BAD.

the hoodies are selling great thanx to everyone who bought one you should see them next week.

the battle continues. after my computer was gone for three weeks again i called best buy and they said it was in (never bothered to call me or anything) i went picked it up and came home all happy. when i turned it on it said there was a memory card in the memory card slot...weird both mine are here and there was nothing in the drive,when i opened the drive there were pics of some kid and all his friends alot of music and some video. i got a flash lite and looked in the drive sure enough there was a memory card broke off down in my drive! some ass hole at the store or repair center used my computer and didnt bother to tell anyone he broke off his memory card in it. i was already kinda pissed then my computer shut down and never came back on which is what took it in for in the first place. i went back and yelled they just said they would fix it again and i would see it in two weeks...so now i will be without my computer for a total of almost 2 months and ive only had it for 8. i called best buy told them i want a replacement they said acer need to give me a replacement,acer said best buy need to give me a replacement! i spent 3 hours on the phone with them and got no where. i know when it come back its not going to be fixed right again. so if you are thinking of buying a computer from best buy think twice there support is crap also if you are thinking of buying a acer DON'T.

so my business is pretty messed up, i'm running it using my cell phone and borrowing my roommates computer. i'm doing ok but if your wondering about your order please email me and ill make sure u get it.


fighting the good fight

cole



UPDATE:1/15/08

i emailed best buy telling them my story. this what i got in return...good to see they are consistent on there crap customer service.

Cole,

I am Joselito with Best Buy Customer Care.

At Best Buy, we understand the importance of good service, as well as how frustrating poor service can be. I apologize that your experience with Best Buy has been unpleasant.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for any questions or concerns. We look forward to your next visit to one of our stores or to www.BestBuy.com.

Sincerely,
Joselito
Best Buy Customer Care Team


UPDATE:1/18/08

this will be the last update because im pretty tired of it and you came here to see stuff about bikes.

a employee of best buy emailed me,he read about my story and is a avid cyclist. he said he could try and help. within a day he got back to me said they contacted the service manger and let him know what was going on and would update me a soon as he got back to them. they also are going to give me a $75.00 gift card to make up for some of it. now i know its not a new computer but i feel good knowing that someone has taken the time to address the problem. also feel if there is another problem that they will take it more serious.

thanx to clayton for all the help,and thanx to all you guys who posted about this.

cole

this could be a few updates but im going to make it one.it must be my month for the word crash first my computer then me, a lady walked right out in front of me yesterday and i plowed right into her. i ended up going over the bars and sliding on my face for bit (the feeling of your teeth on pavement sucks) i ended up with a fat lip a small cut on my chin and im pretty sore today but all in all im cool with it. i think she got the worst of it she said she was fine but i feel pretty bad about it.

i spent the holiday making spokecards. a really great artist called 78 sent me some really nice stuff to make into spokecards,i have 12 designs and i made 10 of each. we are going to give away one with each order over $30.00 till we run out, there very limited and super cool.

i got another backpack to test out from mer bags
it looks really really nice look for a review soon.


i also got a dvd called caravan/prague. that looks really cool. plus i get to watch a dvd about bikes and say im working.look for the review soon.

thats it for now more later

cole

i have had a ruff few days. everything that could go wrong has. the biggest is that my computer crashed AGAIN,its still under warranty but its going to take two to three weeks.this is the worst possible time for this but ill make do with my cell phone and my roommate zac's computer. if you email me and it takes awhile to get back to you don't worry i will get back to you. this update is sponsored by the fine people at acer who make a not so great computer.

cole

so being that we are getting hats its probably not the best idea to send people of the other site to buy hats, but i found short & angry and think there hats look sweeeeet. i think im going to get myself one. check it out,you can even send them a pair of pants and they will cut them off and hem them then make you hat from the leftovers.

ha ha as much fun as the last post was i got news. the limited edition american apparel hoodies are done! im shipping them tomarrow so if you placed a order you should see it in a few days.

also just a reminder the 12th is the cut of for christmas shipping after that ill do what i can.

cole

so i'm all happy because we are getting bicycle socks made with our logo on them. when i ordered them i paid more for them to be a wool blend, i did this because as rider i know wool is really functional, it doesn't absorb oder and will wick away moisture, all which sounds great in a sock right? well i put on our myspace that we were coming out with these socks and i get a reply saying we should make vegan ones...what? why do most vegans have to be so "im vegan" all the time? these socks are going to be good for riding your bike. if you want to sweat away in your cotton of synthetic socks feel free.


cole