The vintage ride was a success. We had a bunch of CR list members, a couple of fixed gear buffs and at least one BOBer on the ride. The weather was about as perfect as it gets in Baltimore and people seemed to be having fun at our house afterward. Tom Adams brought a gorgeous Ephgrave in addition to the tandem he and his wife were riding. Roy Drinkwater, Harvey Sachs, and Marty Walsh & his wife showed, Marty riding a pretty nice old Olmo, Harvey on his '65 Paramount with Bivalent hubs and a bit too close ratio gears for the hills above B'town. Harvey was saying he should have ridden fixed, his ASC hubbed Schwinn had a lower gear than the 47x22 of the Paramount he brought. Jim Sheridan brought an almost all original Ibis Scorcher, not on topic, but I love 'em anyway. We had the deck lined with bikes all being scrutinized by the crowd. I got to play with those bivalent hubs. The ride was an excuse to finally give the bike shop downstairs a good cleaning, the house was blitzed and we didn't run out of food. Life is good! I'm going to try to have another ride next year, we'll try a different route, probably won't be any fewer hills though. I hope everyone who came had a good time and hope those who missed it won't next year.
Cheers,
Dan Artley
Parkton, Maryland