Already did my usual 16 mile physical therapy routine, so I did it again. Haven’t gone over 26 miles in ~3 years. Me and the cats, dead in a bed rn, 2 brain cells between the three of us
Already did my usual 16 mile physical therapy routine, so I did it again. Haven’t gone over 26 miles in ~3 years. Me and the cats, dead in a bed rn, 2 brain cells between the three of us
I miss riding my bike. It’s known as Silver in my city. Hell, it’s been stolen three times, yet it’s so well known by everyone that it’s been found and returned every time.
Don’t get me wrong, I still have it, I just miss being able to really ride it the way I want to, it’s too risky for any more tricks now…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=sP2ZRLeRdR0
Very nice. That was a cool style. I liked the Bianchi’s that came in a similar nickel finish, but didn’t carry them for very long due to credit terms and never got the chance to get one while working in shops
This is my Felt AR. That is the same frame that I was riding in the big crash. I only had to replace the fork that sheared off. Also, yeah I totally ride with a second taillight on the NDS chainstay at night. That should be a thing IMO.
My SuperGoose happens to be a chrome plated version, but I’ve also seen a 1979 nickel plated version as well.
I won’t lie though, when I say 81 SG, that’s damn near only the frame. I lost/broke/swapped lots of parts on it over the years.
The only true original parts are the frame, the lower steering tube bottom bearing cup, and the seatpost clamp (minus the original clamp bolt).
There’s a lot of sentimental history to my bike, 95% of the parts came from either dump sites, trading, dumb luck on awesome deals, or just straight up tearing down half a dozen busted rims to reassemble two perfectly good rims.
Most of my bike isn’t stock, it’s totally custom. And the frame, original forks and crank only initially cost me $10. I bought it at age 15 as a carcass of a legendary bike, for only $10!
Even as broke down as it is now, I still consider it my best investment ever!
Oh yeah? Well I made peanuts in a bike shop but the Felt AR was my free demo bike. It just happened to be the one I was on. I swapped out my rides a good bit. The deep carbon rims were at one point some very high end wheels that I was given when I left my first bike shop job. I’ve rebuilt them with new spokes several times and new hubs once. I still have some odds and ends parts on there from race team spares when I was supporting an internationally competitive pro race team. The rest are mostly my personal spares. When I did eBay I was given a lot of stuff like spares and nice pedals and accessories because I listed bikes without any extras, exactly like they were new. I told people they could keep the stuff but most just gave it away. That is where my pedals are from. I mostly worked with really high end stuff for consignments that are too expensive to easily sell elsewhere, and where a couple hundred bucks in extras is nothing to the person. It is funny the duality of working with people like that but then being a poor miser IRL. I couldn’t have gotten the bikes I have ridden except through working as a bike shop monkey. The nice stuff often lasts so much longer especially here where I am around a lot of salty air and water.