Working Bikes!..

 

Old, forlorned, rusty, dis-used, abused... Renewed!

 

Remote, isolated, dejected, unlinked... Connected!

 

Apart, broken, bent, forgotten... United!

 

Worthless, scruffy, scrap, discounted... Valued!

 

Working Bikes!

 

WORKING BIKES!

 

 

Is it our Future?..

The one we passed?

Likely that site

won't be the last

When we booked

I stole a rear-view mirror look

Our ghost in white. Beloved. Still?

Only tears run free tonight

Might and might and Excuse me..

What was it that makes might right?

For what should have been

Is now chained in...

Wheels, never to spin!

Bright flower garland try to tinsel but

Begged to halt their color-joy

Petals and pedals now link… Continue

Change can be subtle or

Change may be great

Change is why I can't eat

a Dinosaur Steak

Moments imperceptible

or Nail to the Door

A rock in a river

Worn down by the war

A reef's up on Everest

With one loud voice, or

Perhaps Dillinger's Biograph

Movie Night choice?

The wheel on the Auto-car

or the Velocipede

A heart the motor

or fossil-fuel grease?

Change can be…

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I don't really care what the cranks are made of

I don't mind the enormous tattoo

I never mentioned the mustache

I thought "rock it!" and

Maybe Ride Bikes with you

I just learned what's a 'fixe'

Hope you can handle an 8MPH cruise

A good bike is any, to

Maybe take a Roll with you!

Champagne is cheaper than gas

Why pay a health club for two?

It feels truer than traffic, to

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... For letting us bring our pile of bikes into the bar. No hassle. This was not the first time either!!!! A quick, convenient jaunt from the Roselle METRA... Good pizza... Cold Sierra Nevada.. G'wan... Y'all can visit Diamond Lil's on your own exploration of the 'many lakes and many bridges' of the North Central DuPage Regional trail!

Diamond Lil's

103 E Irving Park Rd

Roselle,…

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After a humiliating fumble and classic, not-to-be-soon-forgotten 500-point robbery just after the starting gun, bk managed to regroup and retain his championship status as Bag Footsie Champ with a dazzling 2000 points and the final, epic, off-trail snare of a full-size garbage bag!!! What a way to blast-off the 2012 Spring Bag Footsie season!

Was the math and Earned Snag Averages miscalculated in my initial boast? Yes. Is this an historic sport in the throes if its infancy? Of course!…

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"Many Lakes"... OK.. This game is ON!!!! Now, I ain't been raised to be a vain or prideful man, but... I'll say this once: I will whup all y'all... all over over this route. Uhhhhh talking... Bag Footsie, sugar-britches. Looking at your feet won''t help ya! I'm up here. Bring any bike you want. I have a Huffy made of American Steel, crafted by American sweat and ingenuity with names like Bruce and probably Jose' and I heard maybe Veronica.

My front derailleur has been held…

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