Re: [CR]Winter riding and bicycle you ride during winter and style

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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:40:42 -0500
From: "Michael Schmidt" <mdschmidt56@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Winter riding and bicycle you ride during winter and style
In-reply-to: <000d01c95027$363aa750$2f01a8c0@danbarbpc>
To: Daniel Artley <hydelake@verizon.net>, Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Thread-topic: [CR]Winter riding and bicycle you ride during winter and style
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Sadly, I left my best winter bike in Gaiole in Chianti. At least the frame. It was my Zeus Frankenbike. Last winter, I used my Peter Weigle because it has lights and fenders. Needless to say, the winter season took its toll on the chainstays but if you keep it clean, you avoid problems.

Maybe it's time to get my frankenbike back.

Anyway, our winter riding hours are usually on weekends departing at 9AM fom The Bike Stand in Scotch Plains, NJ. KOF and vintage is always welcome but bring gears that can climb because our rides are not fixie friendly. Winter season distances are 30-40 miles so we're back by noon.

Directions- http://www.thebikestand.com

Mike Schmidt Stirling, NJ

On 11/26/08 7:29 PM, "Daniel Artley" <hydelake@verizon.net> wrote:
> Winter weather that warms up or is changeable brings out the bikes w/
> bags. Sunny and dry is an excuse to ride the nicer bikes, my 30 year
> old primary ride, the Richard Sachs tourer, always my favorite when out
> on it, and it virtually lives with a small rack pack. I just put the
> monstrous bag, a leatherlike oilcloth one on the Taylor ASC fixed gear
> and made it more reliable for winter w/ seat stabilizer and chain tugs.
> If I can ride the gentler hills south of Baltimore, I can't get enough
> of that one.
>
> For crappy weather I bring out the Cinelli built Centurion modernized
> with an off topic ergo triple, the bike that's fun to ride but a beater
> none the less. It's the frame I experiment with. On it I've learned
> that split saddles & no fenders don't make for a rain bike.
>
> And like Harvey, I've got a perfect fixed gear built for the rail trail
> next to the house. It gets used as much as any of the bikes. I was
> pedaling through light snow last weekend on a short warmup ride, luckily
> no ice. It's been commutered on, city ridden, and is geared to climb
> some of the not so steep hills in our area. The Steamroller frame is a
> bit off topic, steel and tigged, but built up like most of mine w/
> classic components, NR cranks, brakes, Cinelli bar, Dura Ace hubs, a
> Brooks and bulletproof Pasellas. It gets put away wet too often, but is
> the easiest to maintain.
>
> Now I've gotta cut the holes out for the cleats on that new pair of
> neoprene booties to be ready for tomorrow's Bob Moore memorial ride
> north of Baltimore. Bob was a dear friend and one of those regularly
> present at our vintage rides here in Parkton, Maryland. It's going to
> my favorite bike tomorrow!

>

> Happy trails,

>

> Dan Artley