86 yr old gets a bucket list bike ride
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86 yr old gets a bucket list bike ride
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Current bikes: Unknown year Specialized (rigid F & R) Hardrock, '80's era Cannondale police bike; '03 Schwinn mongrel MTB; '03 Specialized Hard Rock (the wife's)
Gone away: '97 Diamondback Topanga SE, '97 Giant ATX 840 project bike; '01 Giant TCR1 SL; and a truckload of miscellaneous bikes used up by the kids and grand-kids
Status quo is the mental bastion of the intellectually lethargic...
Current bikes: Unknown year Specialized (rigid F & R) Hardrock, '80's era Cannondale police bike; '03 Schwinn mongrel MTB; '03 Specialized Hard Rock (the wife's)
Gone away: '97 Diamondback Topanga SE, '97 Giant ATX 840 project bike; '01 Giant TCR1 SL; and a truckload of miscellaneous bikes used up by the kids and grand-kids
Status quo is the mental bastion of the intellectually lethargic...
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Great story.
As a sidebar: That tandem they are on, the spoke config is 20f 20r. If it's not an illusion of the picture... that seems pretty thin for a tandem.
Just an observation.
As a sidebar: That tandem they are on, the spoke config is 20f 20r. If it's not an illusion of the picture... that seems pretty thin for a tandem.
Just an observation.
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heartwarming, may she rest in peace
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