Rooster_Ties Posted October 19, 2005 Report Posted October 19, 2005 (edited) Haven't been on a bicycle in over 10 years, BUT my new job is only about 2 miles from home. So, I got my old bike out of the basement last week -- a decent 18-speed ("Giant" brand, not a brand I'd really heard of before - bought it used in college). Probably not a bike to get all excited about - but decently solid, and will get the job done. Just had it rehabbed last week, and I am now planning on biking to work 3 or maybe 4 days a week. My first bike commute to work was just yesterday!!! Edit: Looking on-line, maybe Giant isn't a half-bad brand at all... http://www.giant-bicycle.com/us Edited October 19, 2005 by Rooster_Ties Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 19, 2005 Report Posted October 19, 2005 It's been a while and my Steelman custom road is in storage (yipes!). What is that, a Merlin? Quote
7/4 Posted October 19, 2005 Report Posted October 19, 2005 Nice lookin' frame. I use to work in a bicycle warehouse, 20 years ago. Western States Imports, Centurion/Diamond Back bikes. Quote
BeBop Posted October 19, 2005 Report Posted October 19, 2005 As much as I believe that turnabout is fair play, and I'd like to make you jealous, my main 'road bike' ride is a 31-pound bike built around a frame I picked up from one of those bike touring companies, after the end of its useful life. Straight-guage steel. Nasty-looking unsculpted lugs. Cantis. Fenders, half the year. But it gets me through most of a 25,000km/year 'habit'. Still, I do appreciate a nice-looking ride, just as I do a fine auto...provided the bike doesn't have Shimano components. But I tend to be hard on bikes/cars, and abusing a beautiful bike would bother me - it might even prevent me from taking that off-road ride in the sleet or doing the spur of the moment CX. Can't have that. So, for both of us, ENJOY! Quote
Peter Johnson Posted October 19, 2005 Report Posted October 19, 2005 well..next Friday it is. ← drooolllllllll Quote
7/4 Posted October 19, 2005 Report Posted October 19, 2005 As much as I believe that turnabout is fair play, and I'd like to make you jealous, my main 'road bike' ride is a 31-pound bike built around a frame I picked up from one of those bike touring companies, after the end of its useful life. Straight-guage steel. Nasty-looking unsculpted lugs. Cantis. Fenders, half the year. But it gets me through most of a 25,000km/year 'habit'. Just getting to the street would be enough workout for me. 31 pounds? Quote
porcy62 Posted October 19, 2005 Report Posted October 19, 2005 I will order a pint for you...when you'll arrive Quote
Peter Johnson Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 Is that your oilhead, Porcy? Nice ride! I've got a '72 r75/5! I will order a pint for you...when you'll arrive ← Quote
tonym Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Posted October 20, 2005 But I tend to be hard on bikes/cars, and abusing a beautiful bike would bother me - it might even prevent me from taking that off-road ride in the sleet or doing the spur of the moment CX. Can't have that. So, for both of us, ENJOY! ← Me too! But I do love cleaning them. This is my umpteenth frame in the last 15 years; they tend to break around the rear stays or in the case of my present Bianchi, bottom bracket. So I thought Ti is the way to go. As for sleet, I have another bike for that. You out today Bebop? Is that your oilhead, Porcy? Nice ride! I've got a '72 r75/5! I will order a pint for you...when you'll arrive ← ← And very nice scenery too Quote
Claude Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 Is it this one, Tony? http://360cycleworks.com/node/60 I like the "self-propelled" part in the description Quote
tonym Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Posted October 20, 2005 Is it this one, Tony? http://360cycleworks.com/node/60 I like the "self-propelled" part in the description ← Yes but I'll be putting my Campag groupset onto it with Mavic Ksyrium SSC wheels. Quote
porcy62 Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) Is that your oilhead, Porcy? Nice ride! I've got a '72 r75/5! Yes, it's my Lady, and I still have my old one, a r65 Maybe we should start a Organissimo Biker's Club BTW the scenery is west Sardinia Edited October 20, 2005 by porcy62 Quote
randissimo Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) My 2 bikes are a Giant NRS2 mtn bike and I have an early 80's Miyata Pro racing bike.. I love mtn biking the most,,,, but don't always have the time to get to a good single track trail. I am however only a couple of miles from a nice paved rail trail.. Edited October 20, 2005 by randissimo Quote
porcy62 Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) In West Virginia! ← RIDE TO LIVE LIVE TO RIDE Edited October 20, 2005 by porcy62 Quote
Peter Johnson Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 Man, I had so much s___ in that tankbag! Made life without a fairing easier! In West Virginia! ← RIDE TO LIVE LIVE TO RIDE ← Quote
tonym Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Posted October 20, 2005 Man, I had so much s___ in that tankbag! Made life without a fairing easier! In West Virginia! ← RIDE TO LIVE LIVE TO RIDE ← ← I thought that was something to doze off on Quote
Joe G Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 I'm serious about commuting to work and doing as many errands as possible on my bike this year. To that end, I bought this little beaut today: Bianchi Sparta I'm looking foward to gettin' to it! Quote
Jim R Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 Nice, Joe. If I was going to look for another bike (and who knows, I may have to now that climbing the hills on my favorite trail is getting a bit more difficult), that's pretty close to a dream machine. I'm still toolin' around on my 90's Schwinn cruiser deluxe (below is a photo of a very similar version): I had a couple of ten speeds when I was a kid (60's, 70's)- a Mercier and a Bianchi (nothing fancy). The Mercier was beautiful... a gift from my Dad when I was 13. She got stolen out of a friend's garage... 30 years later, I'm still pissed. Quote
JSngry Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 Uh, I believe the references are to speeds, not speedos... Quote
Free For All Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 I'd have thought this was more your style, Chuck........... Quote
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