boycott Erik's Bike Shop

Just a btw to anyone reading this who happens to be in Madison: do NOT go to Erik's Bike Shop if you need basic supplies. I paid $12 for a brake cable and 4ft of housing (the housing was sold separately for $1.99 per foot).

I'm not an expert on bicycle repair (obviously, from my last post), but last time I had to replace a brake cable back in Appleton, a cable + housing packaged together only cost about four bucks. Sheesh.

On the less negative side, while I was there on Tuesday evening, a guy was purchasing this freaky bike. It's only got one side of the fork. Somehow that looks both unsafe and incredibly cool at the same time.