Friday September 21, 2012

  Binghamton Chenango Point Cycles

            There were a few cycle shops in the Yellow Pages but most of them were between 10 and 65 miles from our motel so we settled on the nearest. The taxi driver that fetched us from Greene had left us his number and he came straight round this morning to take us to the bike shop. It was with considerable relief that we found a bike of the right type and size and the shop owner had the time to transfer all the necessary parts from Tim’s old bike (luggage racks, mudguards, wheels) to the new one by mid-afternoon. Richard, the taxi driver, even waited while this was all agreed and then took us back to the motel. That was it then until we got the call that the bike was ready. Tim is now the proud (but poor) owner of a Specialized triCross bike and once we were mobile we set off to do a bit of shopping and get the laundry done. A trip to the cinema to see the new Clint Eastwood film (Trouble with the Curve) followed by supper at Applebee’s nicely rounded off this successful but expensive day. I think the enormous Glenlivet that the waitress served made it seem like a wonderful day but then that’s just me.