It's my understanding that there's no direct connection between the
new and old Motorless Motion bike shops. Same graphics and whatnot,
but that's the only connection. I believe the new owner has been in
contact with the old owner, though, and there's a charitable donation
involved as a result of the reuse of the name and graphics.
But all my knowledge is third hand, though, and I have no idea if
anything is official or not.
At 06:23 PM 10/21/2013, Dave Minden wrote:
Motorless Motion is the latest venture by Roger Charly, owner of
Budget Bicycle stores and Machinery Row. The previous store you
mention is before my time in Madison, but it sounds like Roger must
have bought the name with the Regent buildings. I've talked with
Isaac, future manager, who now manages Budget's Specialty Store (and
previously managed Willy Bike West) who says it will be a road bike
store. It may also have a restaurant/coffee shop, as yet to be
determined. They've done big structural changes, putting in a
basement. The layout is likely to be very different from Willy West.
I've not yet heard anything about opening date.
Dave
From: tim wong <[email protected]>
To: BikiesSubmissions <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 5:40 PM
Subject: [Bikies] Motorless Motion
When I rode by the old train station on West Washington the other
day, I saw a sign for Motorless Motion. Is that store attempting a
comeback in Madison? As I recall, it's a Janesville company that
had a store on Regent Street for a few years and then shut down,
with the building absorbed, like many, by Budget. Does anyone know
the details?
I bought a ten speed (a real ten-speed, two in the front and five in
the back) there in 1981 and used it as a road bike for several
years. It's now my everyday summer bike, so that one, at least, was durable.
--
"If we continue to consume the world until there's no more to
consume, then there's going to come a day, sure as hell, when our
children or their children or their children's children are going to
look back on us--on you and me--and say to themselves, 'My God, what
kind of monsters were these people?'"
--Daniel Quinn
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