In 2003 the only bike I owned was a mid-70s 3-speed Raleigh Sport that I rode to work every day and locked up on the street. Somehow I got my hands on a Reader, Grant's philosophy resonated with me and next thing I knew I had a blue Ram. I didn't know the first thing about tire sizes and riding styles but I knew the Ram was comfortable and it could take fenders and I was only ever going to ride on pavement on the east coast, so I put 28s on it and never looked back. Many, many years later and now I'm on the west coast and I know a lot more about bikes and I also know about fire roads. So I finally hung the fenders up and maxed out the tires and wouldn't you know it, but Los Angeles has miles and miles of dirt roads (doesn't hurt that LA covers a massive area). Took a ride a few weeks back that looks downright country but happened to be in the second largest city in the US.
I still have that Raleigh, btw, and it's still perfect for leaving outside. https://photos.app.goo.gl/QPUjLMgJOP8jEhx22 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.