Being newly unemployed and poor, newly single and heartbroken during the great recession. Set up a free cycled, cheap aluminum rear rack on my Surly Cross Check, bungee corded a car camping sleeping bag, pad, and tent to it, and rode up to a spot I knew in Tilden where I figured nobody would bother me if I spent the night.
Can we bring "bikie" back? I've read posts by Jobst Brandt where he uses it, but I haven't heard it anywhere else. On Friday, September 3, 2021 at 2:29:48 PM UTC-7 Jon Richardson wrote: > After I had to stop coaching Soccer after my fifth knee surgery. I > started with a Colnago C40 road bike, it was fast and light. I then had a > Heart Attack out of nowhere...and used cycling as a means to recover and > started to enjoy my old steel bike. I found a Rivendell Rambo and fitted > with Jack Black 33s...it was a dream to ride. It has become my go to bike. > > Cycling has given me the physical outlet I need, so far delayed my knee > replacement and has helped me mentally and physically in a number of > possitive ways. > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2021, 4:54 PM Steven Sweedler <swee...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> For me it was seeing road cyclists out training on Whitney Ave. in >> Hamden and New Haven, Ct. Most or all were on the Yale cycling team, and >> they would wave to me when I was riding my Humber Clipper Grand Prix that I >> got in 1964. Steve >> >> On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 4:48 PM Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Will has an interesting post in the the recent Riv Newsletter about how >>> he and some friends first noticed bikes and got into them. After your >>> initial foray as a kid with a bike, what was the thing that made you notice >>> them later and turn you into an adult-person-cyclist? >>> >>> Mine is similar to Will's as a young man in Los Angeles, except it was >>> the flashy riders in "tight clothes" I picked up on. I vividly recall being >>> stopped on Pacific Coast Highway somewhere south of Long Beach (probably on >>> a motorcycle) and watching all the roadies go by, this would be early '80s. >>> This one guy went by on a green (actually celeste blue, but I didn't know >>> that at the time) Bianchi with matching bar tape and riding gear. That was >>> the moment I - a car and motorcycle nut - realized bicycles were a thing, >>> too. A very cool thing, and you got a workout in the process! >>> >>> I was hooked, what hooked you? >>> >>> Joe Bernard >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ba0d13a9-5d4d-456f-99a1-813bab06d4c2n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ba0d13a9-5d4d-456f-99a1-813bab06d4c2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Steven Sweedler >> Plymouth, New Hampshire >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALimyfLnnwXkz0_G0LxY3XBpQV%2BVFxH-RQ3pqBWv2%2BUPR2E78Q%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALimyfLnnwXkz0_G0LxY3XBpQV%2BVFxH-RQ3pqBWv2%2BUPR2E78Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/959487b5-a54f-4b81-913c-320b73705c1cn%40googlegroups.com.
