I find your thoughts regarding burritos both stimulating and appetizing. Thank you for sharing.

Sincerely,
Chainwhip

1. I meant no affront to your group. I just stopped by for a drink at the bar because I had just found out my mother’s cancer was malignant and very aggressive. It’s likely she won’t make it through the year.

2. The wheel is indeed quite old. I didn’t dumpster it though. It’s an old Mavic from my grandfather’s Bianchi. He almost made it through the tunnel to Switzerland at Domodossola in 1943 before Nazis shot him in the back. The Bianchi was mangled, but my grandmother (my mother’s mother) managed to salvage parts of it. Its front wheel and the stem appear on the Peugeot in your pictures.

3. The stem, as Chainwhip points out, is indeed rusted into the headtube. No amount of pounding, grease, or any other chemical has been enough to loosen it. I’d appreciate any tips you might have though.

4. The rabbit pelts came from four rabbits we rescued from a medical testing facility in Newton MA last year. The rabbits died two months later, probably due to the testing that was done on them. I attached their pelts to the wheel to remind myself and everyone else about the cruelty of animal testing. I’m sorry you found the message disgusting, but I think animal testing IS disgusting.

I should add that I found your post quite hurtful. I guess that’s the risk I run by wearing my feelings on my sleeve and being so emo (grandfather’s wheels, rescued animals on wheels). But still, I can’t help but wonder if I could have avoided all of this emotional emotional turmoil.

Yours,

Unfurtunate