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Handsome Bob Jackson

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Spotted on Cambridge Street the other night, this Bob Jackson is a beautiful city bike.

A handsome bike, but not one that our non-cyclist friend picked out from the many left casually locked along the street.

The bell is nicely mounted on the stem, the handlebars partially wrapped with ends made from some wine bottle’s cork.

That is a well-loved Brooks saddle!

And what pretty lugs and paintwork!

Rainy Day Giveaway – one pair chrome fenders

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

They don’t look like much above, but what you have here are a pair of new-in-packaging chrome fenders sized for Schwinn 26″ wheels, in their packaging, covered with dust. Note that this size is different from 26″ mountain bike wheels and also 26″ Raleigh/English wheels… Sheldon has a 26″ wheel size cheat sheet here.

It is entirely possible that these fenders will fit another 26″ wheeled bike, but I’m thinking that since Schwinns don’t get much love, these free fenders should go to a Boston/Cambridge area Schwinn.

Out of the packaging they should look like these above.

So here’s the idea: 
Comment below with a description of your Schwinn. Give me an email address (in comment or by email: chiccyclist at yahoo.com) where we can chat off the blog. We will arrange to meet someplace in the Boston/Cambridge area, I’ll take a photo of your poor fenderless-Schwinn for the blog, and you pedal off with some free chrome fenders for a winter of splash-free cycling. Ideally you’d send an updated photo with the fenders mounted, but I won’t hold you to it.

The fenders will have to go to the Schwinn whose schedule is closest to that of my Dawes, but I imagine I’ve already set so many limits here that there will be only a few folks even interested in these fenders… and, like dating, it only takes one match*.

* If you’re a cute single heterosexual man with a 26″ Schwinn, please note that in the comments too and I’ll send a cute single female friend of mine in my place. I won’t even tell her why. She’s got an awesome pink singlespeed, so you’ll at least have bikes in common.