Kids don’t ride bicycles any more.
I see them on these electric skateboard things and one kid in the neighborhood has a one wheel thing he rides..............
What fun ... when my folks moved into a senior apartment I inherited my mom’s one-speed coaster bike from about 1950. I remember riding it with her when I was very little (I was in the basket in front!) and remember it being very smooth. I’d like to get it repaired and ride it again, but it’s not a high priority. Would just be fun.
We Cycled To Work Every Day For A Month & This Is What Happened!
I miss my Raleigh Grand Prix. I just don’t have the knees for that sort of thing anymore. Had to sell it. A very nice bike. Paid only $219 for it in 1980.
I just got bumped into the 65-69 group on Strava. There are far fewer people to compete against on segments. It is a little surprising how many people hung it up between 55-64. But there are some fast times.
Just to put it out there. I hope this is appropriate. If not have the mods delete it.
I have a Soma San Marcos (Not the one with twin top tubes)
52 CM Frame
Tange #1 tubing and beautiful lug work.
Painted a light powder blue.
Campy Centaur triple crank
Campagnolo Veloce Long cage RD
Shimano Deore FD
12-32 10 speed cassette
KMC 10 speed chain
Campagnolo Vento Cyclocross wheels (180 pound weight limit)
Campagnolo Veloce FLAT-BAR shifters
Campagnolo Record THREADED headset
Tectro Brake Calipers
Nitto Tecnomic stem and flat bars
Generic alloy seatpost
28mm tires but the bike will take (I think) up to 32mm wide
Weight about 22-25 pounds depending on saddle, pedals and other accouterments.
When I moved from Guam to Houston the bike shop packed the bike into a box small enough to pass for checked luggage and the crank was removed. I do not have a 14mm Allen-key to reinstall the crank so the crank is not installed.
The Campagnolo Flat bar shifters needed a special front derailleur. I literally searched the world and could find one. Amazingly the Shimano Deore Triple worked great.
The shifters have a little different action than SRAM or Shimano shifters but are not hard to learn.
Soma shipped the bike with a fork that should have been on a smaller frame. Because I was on Guam warranty issues were problematic and I kept the fork. So the front brake is a standard reach and the rear a long reach. This changed the trail a little and makes the bike very fast-handling, almost squirrely, compared to other Grant Petersen designed bikes. It isn’t bad or dangerous, just not the normal laid-way-back Grant Petersen feel.
This thing is a flat-bar rocket.
It has never been crashed.
Very low hours usage
The frame is straight
It needs a new front derailleur cable.
A really nice retro looking bike suitable for fast club rides or light light touring
I really need to sell this bike. If you are a Freeper near Houston and would like it. Send me a private mail. Make me an offer. We’ll talk about it.
This summer I bought a Catrike Trail tricycle. I **love** my trike. I am out on it almost every day.
Please add me to your ping list.
This particular company sells a sort of 'hybrid' "tubeless-ready" rim that also is backwards-compatible to tube-type tires (because it has hooks, which tube tires need but tubeless do not), provided the tires are at least of a minimum width. The ones I bought have an internal width of 20mm, which the manufacturer claims is narrow enough to seat tube-type tires of at least 25mm.
That's what I bought, and they were right. My 25mm Contis fit great. But the best part is what the (internally) wider rim does to tire pressures and performance.
Because the "tubeless-ready" rim positions the beads of the tire further apart, there's a larger cavity for the tube to expand into when inflated. The larger air space means I don't need as much tire pressure to ward off pinch flats. 
The shape of the air cavity is a little complex so I got lazy and calculated it as just the volume of a cylinder, ignoring the square-ish section where the tire meets the rim. I figure that's close enough for gummint work.
My old rims are 14mm wide, inside-to-inside, and mounted and inflated on them, my 25mm Conti tires measure 24mm wide. The same tires on the new tubeless-ready wheels measure 27mm wide. And a cylinder 27mm in diameter has an internal volume that's 21% larger than a 24mm cylinder. Which means the volume of air I need to prevent snake-bites comes at a lower tire pressure.
I used to run 100 psi rear and 90 psi front. Now I run 80 and 70, so the ride is a little cushier.
Plus, because the tire is wider and the pressure is lower, the contact patch is a little larger. So it feels a little more sure-footed in the bends.
And because the tire is wider, the angle caused by the flat spot at the contact patch is a little less extreme, so it lowers rolling resistance a touch.
And last but not least, because of the wider rim, after changing a flat I can re-mount the tire without the use of a tool, so there's no chance of causing a pinch-flat fighting the tube back on. Which is a BIG plus for me because I only carry one spare tube when I road ride, and no patch kit.
And I hadn't counted on any of these bennies when I bought the new wheels. I just thought they were ... new. I didn't realize they were better, too.
So if you're still riding the road on tubes, when you get ready for new hoops, I highly recommend you look into "tubeless-ready" that also are compatible with tube-type tires. Because dey da BOMB!
I saw a hungry fox this morning: The Movie
My MIL died Thanksgiving Day. She was 95 and one of the best people I have ever known. We are all very sad about it. She was eating and drinking very little in her last days but we hoped she would regain her strength like she did once before. We went to church and prayed for her at 4pm. Then we got a call saying she died at 4:40pm. It was her time. A doctor and her best friend/neighbor were with her. Her friend was holding her hand while the doctor was checking her pulse and said she just died. Last thing she told our daughter was I want you to be happy. I have a tattoo with our daughters name and roses on my forearm that says: Be happy or I will make you happy.