Re: [CR] What do you ride?

(Example: Racing)

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 16:35:54 -0800 (PST)
From: "Dr. Paddle" <drpaddle@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <C970A702.18999%mdschmidt56@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] What do you ride?


Two of mine are fully on-topic, and the others are at least old enough.

1981 (maybe '82) Miyata Professional. Purchased the frameset new and built it up with a mishmash of top-end parts of the same era. Now it's too short and rigid for my aged neck.

1969 Raleigh International project bike. Long, soft, and big, it should give my old neck a break. (Wait a minute... that didn't come out just right.) Just got this one with all original equipment.

1981 Ritchey Mountain Bike for dirt fun: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p…5335&sid88b3793d18617e7eaca8c020e1bc05d. Purchased new. Most equipment is now mid-80s, since the original French stuff didn't survive the desert trails for long.

1940s Schwinn CycleTruck cruiser for errands: https://picasaweb.google.com/115303173687477127433/CycleTruckCruiser#5569622565383413490.

1976 Krelmin Cycle for boardwalk beer bumming: http://members.cox.net/drpaddle/KrelminCycle/Krelmin1.htm. Custom built. (Note the fine old French tandem hub brake on the jackshaft.)

Kevin Montgomery San Diego, California USA Where it was so cold today that I kept my shirt on for the midday trail run