[Yak] rims for a NWT?

[John S. Allen]

At 10:37 AM 9/20/2008, Peter Saint James wrote:

>On 20  September2008, at 9:51 AM, Aaron Hovel wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the info.  I live about 35 miles north of Boston, MA.
>>So Peter White is not far in Concord, NH.  Any other closer wheel
>>builders?  I called Peter yesterday but he is on vacation.
>
>
>         Harris Cyclery is in West Newton.   They should have 
> someone who can
>build a wheel.
>
>http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/index.html#hours

Yes, that's accurate. Someone there will do a good job, but 
lamentably, Sheldon Brown himself has migrated off to man the great 
truing stand in the sky. Maybe. To quote his daughter Tova at the 
memorial service:

"My Dad was an atheist and.. his atheism was never a lack of 
anything, it was always really strong belief in people, in our 
science, in the value of our thoughts and our ideas and our 
questions. My Dad told me that when he was a kid, he went to church, 
and he asked, 'how did Adam and Eve have enough genetic diversity to 
found...'"

(laughter)

"I don't know whether there's a God, but if there is, I think my Dad 
is probably arguing with Him right now. And I don't know if there is 
an afterlife, but if there is, maybe he is very surprised. But I 
still feel like he's here, like he hasn't faded from this universe 
even a little bit, and I can still feel his hands on my back, holding me up."

John S. Allen

jsallen *at* bikexprt.com

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