Elsie, the friendly bovine Yamaha

This week’s act of simple, selfless, charity involves riding somebody else’s bike.  You would be correct in assuming that an employee of a bike shop gets to ride many bikes, belonging to a great many people, all the time.  Where I work, the Service writer, the mechanics (obviously), and sometimes even the Parts manager–due to his exalted status as an absolute loon on an ATV–all end up riding bikes that are not their own.  As the ringleader–try as I may to avoid it–I get to ride the most.  I don’t know why.  I look responsible, probably, and people figure that if something goes awry, I will just get them another bike.  Thank god we’ve yet to put that one to the test.  Read the rest of this entry »