From the craiglists announcement:
Scoring points on the Alpe d’Huez, sprinting for the line through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris or riding the rainy streets of Portland Oregon? At the PDX Wrap Studio we take handlebar tape wrap jobs seriously. Period. Do you want to look like a nothing to nobody, or do you want to look like something to everybody? We’ll ensure that something.
All bar tape brand available; Deda Elementi, Cinelli, Fizik, Selev and many more.
Track Grips; any color, any brand
Custom sytlin’ and colors options that will blow you away! Standard, 2X, Witches Tower, Shellacked, Rasta, USA or straight %100 custom.
Always clean, always perfect.
Rumored wait is 6 months. Call now, and ask about the special edition Belgian witches tower.


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When I saw this ad yesterday, I thought it was a joke. Then I thought, “Well, kids ARE paying $300 for converted Schwinn Suburbans on craigslist. Maybe this is just an extension of that, ahem, entrepreneurial spirit.” Either way, I hope the cruel joke runs its course soon. -mike
yeah, this is a joke, right? What the hell is a witch’s tower?
It’s like Jacob Furniss’ bike washing service… both are going to make money but both take some perversely indulgent pleasures out of bike-obsessed lives. Some of us love wrapping our own bars, and strangely enough, washing our bikes. (More than washing the dishes)
This is a joke, 6 month wait to have your bars wrap it should take ten minutes to wrap bars witch’s tower or not. So that’s ten minutes a bike X 8 hours = 48 bikes a day X 22 days a month = 1056 X 6 months = 6,336 before they can get to yours. That’s a lot of custom bar wrapping, who knew?
Ever google your name for the hell of it. I just did. Come to find out I have a bike washing business. Peculiar, because I hate washing other people’s bikes, although I have done it many times. Paying some one to build you a wheel, adjust your brakes or rebuild your suspension fork makes perfect sense. Those tasks require skills that the average cyclist shouldn’t be expected to have, but washing a bike? That’s like buying a pair of shoes and then hiring someone to tie the laces for you every time you want to wear them.
A shoe tying service sounds like a fine business opportunity.