Originally Posted by HopedaleHills
I don't know why but on my morning hill climb this morning I was thinking about when I was a kid delivering papers on my bike. I remembered the old 24" bike I built from parts found at the town dump and how we used to hang the paperbag over the rear rack and then catch the strap on the axle end on the opposite side (neither me or my friends could afford baskets). It stayed there just due to the weight, but your ride was lopsided. I did this everyday after school for about two years. I think I had about 60 customers and a route that probably covered about 4 miles. I remember it had one killer hill and I used to use the old weave back and forth method to get up it.
Geez, the things you think about when grinding the hills.
So, anyone else?
on a rural Iowa route by auto......but when I was younger I worked as a Linotype operator for a couple of newspapers, one was the Des Moines Register, Des Moines, IA and the other was the Albuquerque Journal-Tribune, in Albuquerque, NM....that was some of the best years of my life.