As it turns out, Everett watched me pull up in my hatchback. He is a roadie in a land of mountain bikers, and he liked that I did not have a bigass SUV to put my bike in, but instead my more manly yet refined Civic.
I had noticed when I put my bike on the rack that there was a slight hitch in the rear wheel. This gets more noticeable, like when descending a mountain pass at 40 mph (65 kph). I mentioned it, and asked if there was a bike shop in town. Nope, but there's a young couple, Lynn and Eric, that bought the local coffee shop, Mobius, and renamed it Steam in Steel Coffee. Eric is an avid biker and had lot's of tools and would probably be willing to spend some time taking a look.
I tracked down Eric at the coffee shop, he did indeed have the right spoke wrench, but it was at home, so Lynn took the opportunity to take a break from the shop and headed home to get the spoke wrench. When she returned we were ready to do some straightening.
I mentioned I was living in Farmington these days. Eric kind of turned up his nose at that. He figured I was there to work oil and gas, or coal, and had made it all the way here from Boston to come and help pollute his beautiful Colorado.
Later I made sure he knew I was out there to work on stopping the oil and gas and coal destruction.
In between though, he took time out of work, and time out of his day, to get my wheel straightened out, even though he thought at that point I was cashing in on the pollution of the area. And then he wouldn't take any money for it.
I like it when good stuff like that happens. Thank you again Eric and Lynn!
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