kross57

Anybody have experience with this place? I was thinking of volunteering there.

wschruba

I've volunteered there off and on over the years (mostly during the Christmas season prepping bicycles for donation). The woman who runs it, Kerri, does quite a bit for the local community, including helping run the local NICA chapter.

What would you want to know about them? The bicycles are typical fare for co-ops, mostly cheaper kid bikes, lots of cheap cruisers, bike boom 3/10 speeds, and the occasional nicer old road bikes.

kross57

It just sounded like a nice place to contribute my time, and you seem to confirm that. Thanks!

wschruba

Just make sure you park on Springwood. There's no parking on Main, and if you park over near the lake, the fees are exorbitant. Sometimes you can get away with the train lot without paying, but you'll be playing with fire. They have a parking app for AP, now, which is nice, if you do park in a numbered space.

The food at the shop in the back is excellent, by the way.

kross57

Great! Much appreciated.

pfaustus

I've picked up lots of good parts there, and an old three speed that is on the long term to do list. I've gifted them a bunch of parts too. Since when can you not park at the train station?

wschruba

You can park there, but the spaces are numbered. The city occasionally goes on a ticketing blitz... But usually only during the summer.

Vonruden

dweenk

kross57

wschruba

MOGO is a good stop if you like Korean Fusion, by the way. More than a few good restaurants there, actually, but they're a consistent go-to, for me. They have a unit on the Boardwalk during the summer that serves only tacos, too, if you want to people watch.

The Boardwalk before 9 or so on a weekend is great, up from Avon. Nice calf-massage on the legs for skinny-tire bikes.

I occasionally tune their piano for them gratis, but was too busy this year (first whole year post-recovery from broken back), so if you see someone sitting in front of it with the case open, say, "hi"!-

(I remember seeing that pink handlebar/stem there @Vonruden )

kross57

I surf in Asbury all the time. Love MOGO, both the boardwalk place and the one in-town. I will say hello if I see you. Ditto if you see a guy surfing in a lime-green kayak.

Vonruden

Vonruden

kross57

Great pics. Classic AP.
Just around the corner in Loch Arbour/Deal is another great eatery - Cravings Bakery. All their stuff is great.

dweenk

There is something a little distopian about a beach town in winter.

Vonruden

wschruba

Maybe, but it's also nice when it's not jam packed with people. AP is better than some of the other towns, in that there is actually stuff to do after the tourist season.

kross57

Never felt that way. Quieter, but there is usually something going on. Folks walking and biking the beach and boardwalk, a few surfers. And even when it's empty, I love it.

NJgreyhead

Good to know, VR. Worth posting in the Regional forums?

Real nice pics, too. Thanks.
-NJg

dweenk

Don't get me wrong, I like beach towns in winter. There is just a weird feeling about a town built to accommodate a few hundred thousand people with a winter population of a few thousand.