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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!!!

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Edit: Looking on-line, maybe Giant isn't a half-bad brand at all...

http://www.giant-bicycle.com/us

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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!

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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? :blink:

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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 :P

And very nice scenery too :)

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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,,,, 66611110057704-large-Giant-XtC-NRS2.jpg

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..

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  • 4 months later...

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. :wub:

I'm still toolin' around on my 90's Schwinn cruiser deluxe (below is a photo of a very similar version):

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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. :angry:

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