General impressions:

I was originally pretty excited about the idea of a place called Recycle Bicycle–the concept of reusing, recycling, or repurposing anything makes me pretty happy. If a shop could be environmentally friendly, that was a good thing. But as it turns out, a shop that attempts to recycle isn’t quite as glorious as it sounds.

The idea behind the shop is that they buy used frames and then build them up with new or used parts (including gears, brakes, shifters, wheels, etc.). This is fine for some of the bikes. For example, there was a great old Schwinn townie style bike, in classic blue. It’s not a big deal for that bike to have used parts, and the shop was asking $249 for the bike. All things considered, it’s not a bad deal. Cost-wise, it was probably better than trying to buy a frame elswhere and build it yourself, especially if you consider the time and energy you’d have to put into finding parts.

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It would be nice to be able to jump on our Road King and take off every week, but since we do still have to work and we don’t get unlimited vacation time, I decided to highlight a number of motorcycle events happening in the Carolinas in the... ” Cherokee Event Center, is at 1501 Acquoni Road, Cherokee. Cherokee’s many cultural attractions and proximity to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway make the Rod Run an event the entire family can enjoy. With our new-found time off we recently enjoyed a motorcycle trip to Ocean City, Md. , for the Delmarva Bike Rally, which I wrote about in my last column. SBB Smokehouse is at 10099 Weddington Road, Charlotte, next to Pat Rogers Harley-Davidson. Registration for the event is open to pre-1972 vehicles or highly modified late model vehicles…. com : “More than 3,000 car enthusiasts will turn out for the Southeast’s premiere [Hot] Rod [Car] Run at the Acquoni Expo Center. The Fall Cherokee Rod Run features a busy vendor area, swap meet, and daily entertainment. The weather cools off, traffic isn’t as heavy along the Grand Strand, and our family restaurant slows down to the point that my wife Sissy and I don’t have to work seven days a week. Suck Bang Blow’s North Carolina cousin, SBB Smokehouse, is hosting a Halloween event.

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