My parents were mot rich, they got me a Columbia fat tired bike from S&W green stamps when I was 13 or so and I was in heaven. The bike got put away when in HS but in my Sr. year of college I bought a Giro D’Italia. I was in heaven. It took me 2 more years to really ride it, why, well I quit my job and started my graduate work part time in 1975, rode all that summer because I liked it, usually 40+ miles a day in converse sneakers, short cut offs and no shirt, no spare, no water, never thought about it. The next summer I did the same thing before heading out to St. Louis to finish my masters. I’ve been riding ever since when physical limitations do not get in the way.
On Friday, September 3, 2021 at 5:45:53 PM UTC-4 Jack Doran wrote: > > Being newly unemployed and poor, newly single and heartbroken during the > great recession. Set up a freecycled, 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. The next morning, I couldn't understand why > everyone didn't do this. > > Can we bring "bikey" 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 1:48:18 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard 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-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3333a2fa-a4da-4bac-80f7-38ed4c89c9f5n%40googlegroups.com.
