980C Rider

Hey all, my name's Doug.
I ride (less now than when I bought it) an Antique 1992 Giant Carbon Fiber 980 C roadbike (it's less now than when I bought it because now that I'm 51 and NOT living at home with mommy and daddy, I have other obligations, like work, looking for better work, etc).
I've installed Pedal Power platforms (back when Pedal Power existed), an aero bar w/Flight Controls (took those off though, at my age and with the TBI I sustained back in '85 when I was 21, I'm kinda unstable with my arms in an aero tuck, that, and two rotator cuff surgeries on my right shoulder), and when I took the flight controls off I put the shifters back on the downtube.
Anyway, when I bought the bike back in '92, I paid $835.95 (don't know why that number has stuck in my head for 22 years, but it has) for it and my dad thought I was insane for spending that on just a bicycle when I could go to Sears and get a Free Spirit for $70.00
I originally started riding to build my left leg back up after my fatal accident in '85 (see 3 attached pics):




which is also the same one that gave me the TBI, WAITAMINIT, did I say 'fatal'? I did, because I actually survived the accident itself, but had a BAAAAD reaction to one of the drugs they gave me in the hospital and I died (but H.P. Lovecraft and Herbert West did a bang up job reanimating me (so I'm a corpse with a sick twisted sense of humour).

Just wanted to say HI because I'm new here.
SO.......HI!!!

PS, I'm sorry to have grossed y'all out with these pics in my first post .

bnb69

Hi, Doug. Welcome back among the living. Enjoy that Giant. Buying the best you can afford is usually the better way to go. Looking forward to future posts from you.

980C Rider

Thanks bnb.

bikemig 

welcome, how about some pics of the bike?

cb400bill

Welcome!