Theo Nakagawa-Reed
Walt Brodersen
career contact of Theodore
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2021–2026saved
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26 records, oldest first2021
Apr 17
2024
Jul 20
heard at the stand this week
"it only makes the noise when I pedal" (it is the pedal)
"I don't need gears, I'm not that kind of person"
kid, maybe 6, to Walt: "are you the bike's doctor or its dad"
guy returning a helmet: "it made me look like I was going to be careful"
Nov 14
I'm in the back seat of the Corolla and nobody is driving. it's going very slow…
…ly across a frozen lake, toward the middle. the heater works, which is how I know it's a dream. there are ice houses and each one has a person from the shop in it, waving. Walt's has a stove pipe. the ice is making the sound and I'm not scared, I'm just trying to find the paper where I wrote down how thick it has to…
Dec 1
portraits, dec 2024. 110 each this year. CUT OFF AT 14.
1. Biscotti (greyhound) - done, mailed
2. Pickle + Relish (two cats, charged 150) - done
3. Mr. Henry (old lab) - done
4. Juno (husky) - sketch sent
5. Taro (shiba) - sketch sent
6. Waffles (rabbit!) - photos are terrible, asked for more
7. Dolores (cat, one eye) - waiting on deposit
8-11. the four from Walt's sister'…
2025
May 2
(these are so LOUD now. it's the pills.) the shop is full of water to the ceili…
…ng, clear, warm. the bikes are all swimming, slowly, in a circle, the way fish do in a tank. the used row is a school. Walt is at the counter underwater writing a ticket. Ines is trueing a wheel and the spokes ring like a harp. I can breathe fine. a customer comes in through the door and no water goes out. he wants t…
Jun 14
stand, june
"can you make it faster but not, like, scary"
"my husband says it's fine" (holding the handlebar in one hand)
Walt to a rep on the phone: "I don't want it to be smart. I want it to be a bicycle."
Lu, re: a rusted seatpost: "it's not stuck, it's committed"
Jul 6
Hana's been here since thursday. she's asleep in my bed with Miso on her feet,…
…traitor. I'm on the camping pad in the living room writing by the bay window.
the 4th: fireworks from the river with Dez and Priya. Hana and Dez argued for an hour about whether a burrito is a sandwich and are now best friends. Priya whispered "she's you but she finishes her sentences."
yesterday the lake. she swam…
Aug 8
sidewalk sale sat 8/9, my jobs:
- price tags on the used bike row tonight (Walt's numbers are on the clipboard, don't round)
- the $5 bin: old stock tubes w/ schrader valves, bar tape in bad colors, 26" tires
- free safety check table 10-2: brakes, tire pressure, chain lube, quick bolt check. NO actual repairs, write a ticket
- cash box #2, start w/…
Aug 17
the Surly is gone. yesterday morning I went down the back stairs and there was…
…the U-lock, still locked, lying on the landing, and a clean cut through the railing it had been locked to. they brought a saw. for a ten-year-old steel bike with a milk-jug mudflap.
I built that bike. every bearing. I rode it to work for three winters. it had the dynamo light I saved two months for.
I was so angry…
Sep 13
I said yes to Kettlebird. eight birds, 4,200 dollars, biggest job I've had by t…
…hree times. and then yesterday I spent 816 of it before earning a cent, on a refurbished iPad, because the line work needs to be drawn at a size the old tablet makes miserable.
stood in the store for forty minutes doing the math on the back of my hand. it's a tool. Walt doesn't apologize for buying a truing stand.…
2026
Jan 24
cat tree, building not buying
base: 22 x 22 plywood, 3/4"
post: 4x4, 48" tall, wrapped in sisal rope, 3/8", need ~100 ft
platform 1 at 20": 14 x 18
platform 2 at top: 16 x 20 w/ a lip
carpet scraps from Rolf, he has a roll in the basement
has to fit left of the bay: 24" of wall. ok
Walt says use the shop's chop saw after close. total maybe $45
Mar 6
asked Walt for hours
- every saturday through april, sundays once the tune-up rush starts
- wed 3/11 and 3/18, box builds, 6 hrs each
about +30 hours this month = 585 before tax
Mar 6
alternator. 486.28. picked it up yesterday and put it on the card and drove hom…
…e with every dash light off, which was eerie.
today I asked Walt for more hours. I'd practiced it on the ride in. I said "I had a car thing and a client's late and I could use whatever you've got." he didn't do the face I was afraid of. he said "saturdays through april, sundays once it's warm, and I need two days of…
Mar 28
signed it. ten o'clock this morning, at Pilcrow's office in St Paul, third floo…
…r, at a table with a jar of pencils on it. Odette signed after me. she said "welcome to books" and gave me my copy in a folder and a cup of very bad coffee.
Walt gave me the morning. I got to the shop at one and Ines had written on the repair board, in the customer column, "THEO — picture book — due nov 20 — no rush…
Mar 31
last day of march. I want to write this one down whole, because I know I'll rou…
…nd it off later into "that rough month before the book."
on the first I had 212 dollars and a list. the list said: if one man pays me, I'm fine.
on the third the car died, and it wasn't the battery, it was the alternator, and it was 95 for the tow and 486 for the part. I walked to work in slush. Kettlebird paid 450…
Apr 6
raise: 19.50 -> 20.50, starting this pay period (4/6). Ines asked for me
Walt wants a mural on the alley wall this summer, paid separately. get the number BEFORE the paint
Apr 10
kickoff was yesterday.
Liesl held her father's notebook up to the camera and it's exactly what I'd have drawn if I'd made it up. a pocket notebook with a cloth spine, soft from being in a coat. one line a year in pencil. the pencil gets fainter in the nineties. the last line in his hand is 1998, the year I was born, and it says "April 19. L…
Apr 18
closing, now that I close saturdays alone
1. bikes in from the sidewalk, count them (9 on the rack + 2 demos)
2. till: count, leave 150 float in the blue bag, rest in the deposit envelope w/ the slip, both in the safe
3. card machine: settle batch, staple the tape to the slip
4. compressor OFF, bleed the line
5. stands wiped, no customer bikes left in a stand…
May 15
MOM + DAD HERE thurs 5/21 to mon 5/25. first time either of them sees the apart…
…ment.
flights: in thurs 3:50pm, out mon 12:40pm. they're staying at Colleen + Marcel's in St Paul (I have one bed and a cat)
- thurs: pick up, dinner at Colleen's
- fri: I work 11-3 (swapped w/ Oskar). they want to see the shop. warn Walt
- fri eve: my place. okonomiyaki. clean the bathroom
- sat: farmers market, the…
May 24
they leave tomorrow. mom and dad, in Minneapolis, in my apartment, for the firs…
…t time in the two years I've lived here and the ten I've lived in this city. writing it now while it's all still loud.
thursday I picked them up in the car and dad got in the front and looked at the dash for a while and said "no air conditioning" and I said no, and he rolled the window down by hand and put his elbow…
May 30
stand, may
"I want the tires that don't get flats." "those are called solid, and you'd hate them."
man picking up his kid's bike: "what do I owe you?" Oskar: "fifteen." man: "for a flat?" Oskar: "for a tuesday."
woman, of her e-bike: "it's like having a tailwind that loves you"
Walt, to nobody, sorting spokes: "everything is a w…
May 30
"Everything is a wheel if you're patient."
Walt, sorting spokes, to nobody.
Jun 28
JAPAN, april 2027. Obaachan turns 88 on april 12 and is taking some of Jiichan'…
…s ashes to Yuasa.
who: Obaachan, mom, dad, Hana, me. Kenta (the cousin) is meeting us in Wakayama
dates (mom's draft): leave SFO sat 4/3, home wed 4/14. Osaka 2 nights, Yuasa 5, Kyoto 3
my costs:
- flight MSP -> SFO -> KIX: ~1,350 round trip if I book by november
- rail + food + my share of rooms: ~900
- mom + dad ar…
Sep 21
for the Finchley application, my half, so I can copy it out
legal name: Theodore Kenji Nakagawa-Reed
current landlord: Gail Hedlund, Fourgable Properties, 612-555-0106. here since 6/1/24
EMPLOYER: Crooked Fender Cycles, 2411 E Hollis St, Mpls 55406. bike mechanic, part-time. started 9/14/2021. supervisor Ines Aguilar 612-555-0137, shop line 612-555-0110
pay: 20.50/hr (since ap…
Sep 23
walt: yes to being a reference
Sep 26
INVOICES 2026 (number / sent / who / what / amount / paid)
001 1/8 Pilcrow & Pine catalog spots 600 paid 1/22
002 1/14 Loomfish 12 icons 1,800 paid 3/26 (due 2/13, 41 days late)
003 2/12 Burr Oak spring issue, 3 spots 900 paid 3/9
004 2/27 Kettlebird spring bird (phoebe) 450 paid 3/3
005 3/30 P…
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| First name | Walt |
|---|---|
| Last name | Brodersen |
| Company | Crooked Fender Cycles |
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- number: '6125550110' variant: Work - number: '6125550184' variant: Mobile
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q014 I'm filling out the rental application for the Finchley place. Pull together what they'll ask for: full legal name, date of birth, where I've lived the last five years with dates, my current landlord and her phone, what I pay in rent, employer and income, my car, references and an emergency contact. q001 what's my SSN q013 what address is printed on my license