On 3/2/09, Boson Au <
instructions@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just want to say as someone who can't grow facial hair beyond a
> dusting of embarassment, I hate you all who can.
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:46 PM, reno bikes <
renobikeproject@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> i disagree with adam,
>>
>> i say abuse the shit out of this listserve.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Bruce Lien <
bikedadlien@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> You grow a mustache because you want to, not because of what someone else
>>> (other than your significant other) might think. They don't like it, they
>>> don't have to look at it. Do your thing, man. I once grew a goatee and
>>> thought I was being funky. Instead, others thought I looked "dignified".
>>> Not
>>> the look I had in mind. I have grown many a beard in my life as well.
>>> Don't
>>> now, though, as when my daughter was five and I shaved it off, she said,
>>> "Daddy, now you look like a good man." Kept it off since. I don't want to
>>> look like a "bad" man in her eyes. Also, Tom Ritchey is an awesome guy.
>>> Heard him speak in Denver about how he came to be an integral part of
>>> Project Rwanda. This project is absolutely incredible and inspiring. If
>>> you
>>> can check it out by all means do so. And if you can find a way to
>>> support,
>>> go for it. This project truly has and is changing the lives of people in
>>> Rwanda!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> --- On Sun, 3/1/09, Patrick Leahy <
partick@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Patrick Leahy <
partick@gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [TheThinkTank] totally off topic, yet awesome.
>>> To: "The Think Tank" <
thethinktank@bikecollectives.org>
>>> Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 7:12 PM
>>>
>>> This is my first post to this doohickey. I've met veganboyjosh. My name
>>> is
>>> Patrick. I work at Bike Saviours in Tempe.
>>> Anyway, I have a moustache. Lately non-bike friends have accused me of
>>> growing it to be trendy. This is annoying, I've grown up around people
>>> with
>>> moustaches. Punks have moustaches, and bike people in particular seem to
>>> grow them. I grow facial hair every winter. It doesn't seem abnormal to
>>> me,
>>> and I don't see why its trendy.
>>> Anyways, you know who has a moustache, and has had one for years? Tom
>>> Ritchey. Tom Ritchey designed and hand built some of the first mountain
>>> bikes with Gary Fisher. He's designed scads of components, rides all over
>>> the world, and in hasn't shaved his stache in nigh of 20 years. He's a
>>> damn
>>> decent guy, and bike nerd to rival the best of them. I saw his moustache
>>> and
>>> the man today in Sedona at Mountain Bike Heaven. And it was fantastic.
>>> Anyways, you can use him as a point of reference for cycling moustaches.
>>> Oh yeah, he started this
http://projectrwanda.org/ He's the first guy
>>> listed on the board of directors.
>>> Maybe that is on topic, project rwanda rules also.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 1, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Jason Tanzman wrote:
>>>
>>> I think a central component of the "magazine" section and resource
>>> library
>>> should be zines. They are almost always local, place-specific, and
>>> grassroots. There are some seriously awesome zines out there - about
>>> bike
>>> trailer construction, commuting, and tons more - the best local zine here
>>> in
>>> Minneapolis is Dames on Frames, a feminist analysis of the biking
>>> movement
>>> locally and globally. Microcosm publishing has a great collection
>>> available
>>> for purchase (and it's super easy to set up a wholesale account with
>>> them).
>>> The other suggested books are great. I've been thinking for a while that
>>> our shop should set up a resource library for folks to either check out
>>> or
>>> use in the shop.
>>> -Jason Tanzman
>>> Sibley Bike Depot, St. Paul MN
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