old's'cool

I bought two pair some years ago, and they gave good service, but eventually failed due to the leather cracking at the stitches (my gloves get soaking wet with sweat on every ride, at least in the warm season). Now I'm trying vintage style gloves from Aerotech Design; too early for a durability verdict, but the leather is a little thinner and more supple, and they look a little more authentic (e.g. no velour patch).

RobbieTunes

Bike Forums, Classic & Vintage....

..nothing but heathen, it appears.

CroMo Mike 

I (sometimes) wear a pair of Adidas Sambas. My 30-something son left them here and I tried 'em and liked 'em, even though they are too big. They don't work very well with toe clips and straps, so I use them when I ride the Specialized ATB which he also left here. Is that five sins at once? - Hipster shoes, Someone else's shoes, Specialized, ATB, no toe clips?

mobilemail

That's not confessing, that's bragging! (unless you took them off the dead guy in Indiana...)

grindher

I must confess. At a safe estimate, over the last eleven and a half years, I've assembled around 40,000 BSOs. I like bikes, I like to ride, I like to wrench, and I work with what I'm given.

Essthreetee

Im not sure what a BSO is, but whatever it is...by my math...that comes out to about 9.5 per day...not ever taking a day off for the last 11.5 years. (dividing 40,000 by 4200 days <-- 365.25 x 11.5)

mightymax

I Want to be buried with my Schwinn World Sport.
I don't care that my World Sport weighs alot by modern carbon fiber standards. My 26lb bike with my 234 lbs on it now weighs 260lbs if I am doing the math right.
I worked at Toys R Us from 1979-1989 and we stockboys did all the bike assembly. You learned by doing and I learned alot. I also once messed up a bike so badly it had to be returned as damaged goods to the manufacturer (Probably Huffy)
The first bike I bought myself was a Huffy 'the Wind', as I never knew bikes came wth more than ten speeds. I also thought it was cool!
I still have every bike I ever had!
I have three Huffy's in the shed that I bought. Wind, Aerowind, and a Concours frame I need to get back to roadworthy.
I think the best 100.00 I ever spent was when my friends Dad was buyng a Trek and sold me his Raleigh Gran Prix. Which has been on a training stand for about 28 years and I am thinking of putting back on the road again.
My first "big kid"bike was a girls bike my Dad bought used. The kids made fun of me and I refused to ride it. My Dad then had a friend of his weld a top bar on it and converted it to a boys bike!
I ride everyday
I ride to burn off stress and keep my legs strong so I can keep up with the younger people where I work.
I am 54 years old and in better shape than most of the Millenials I work with.
I love my bike and my time riding it!
I bought a Denali from Wal-Mart several years ago when I had no other access to a bike. I put 4000 miles on it and still have it in the garage. the one thing I don't get is how does this Aluminum frame bike weigh 30 lbs when my 4130 Cro-Mo Schwinns weigh less?

Max Bryant

Essthreetee

I regret selling my Schwinn Continental.
I want to find my first ten speed...Schwinn World Sport.
I would like to ride a Catrike.

Fahrenheit531 

That's awesome.

tricky 

I often read Bikeforums Classic and Vintage when I should be doing more productive things.
I don't care to own a show bike and most of my bikes right now are pretty scruffy.
I often prioritize things like tv and social media over wrenching on my bikes. A true sin!

Shp4man

Regarding the Schwinn World Sport- I picked up an '89 model cheap about a month ago. It was marketed as a value type bike in '89, Schwinn's attempt to compete in a difficult market, and a pretty good product at a value price.
The thing that I was most impressed with? It rides like a Cadillac! Better than the French bikes I own. (flame suit on) It's a keeper for sure.

richardalan

I eat as many ice cream sandwiches as I want because no ones here to tell me not to.

lord_athlon

I dont like italian bikes.

richardalan

I had to check where you live because it may have been my ex. That's the exact moment I left her. Does that make me a bad person?

mobilemail

BSO is Bicycle Shaped Object, a derisive term refering to the variety of very inexpensive, usually inferiorily (sp?) made low-end bicycles found in most discount stores.

Gasbag

Only if you bought her those boots

richardalan

I think we're both safe

m3rle

I spend too much time looking at bicycle photos.
I lose money flipping bikes.
I like GP.
I "score" crappy old bikes then sneak them from the car to the shop so the wife won't see.
I prefer Nashville Skyline over Blonde on Blonde.

Paramount1973 

I like Tektro aero levers. One of the first things I change on a bike. I really can't stand classic drop bar levers. Off they come. All of my bikes have triple cranksets and some variation of a Shimano mountain bike rear derailleur, including my Paramount. Any bike I have with drop bars has Shimano indexed bar end shifters. I haven't ridden with DT shifters since I discovered Suntour barcons back in the '70s. Most of my bikes have threadless stem adapters. I only ride platform pedals, no clipless, no toestraps. My posterior is not compatible with Brooks saddles (I like Serfas Rx). Speaking of posteriors, I ride with a padded short liner (Pearl Izumi or Nashbar) if I'm riding more than a few miles. I don't like jerseys. Don't own any. I like to ride in hi-vis Columbia fishing shirts with Velcro closure front pockets. I always wear padded gloves when I ride, feel naked without them. I like to coast downhill. Whew. I think that's it.

Velocivixen

I, too, wear mountain bike shoes regardless of the bike I ride (they all have platform pedals).
I keep spoke protectors on my bikes.

I own one jersey - a Castelli - which is very tight. I don't wear it - I just don't need all that attention.

I go to certain co-ops for fun just to look through their boxes of components, especially derailleurs.

I occasionally ride my bike in a little black dress, silk scarf and heels.

Phil_gretz

Georgia Pacific
General Practitioner
Göteborgs-Posten
Gold Post
Gold Peak
General Principle
Green Party
...

USAZorro

Grant Peterson?

nesteel 

Pics or it didn't happen.

lord_athlon

I feel like you are my spirit brother.

Spaghetti Legs 

Oh another thing, I've confessed this on another bike forum, but I need to come clean here.

I still *kind of* shave my legs even though I haven't raced in many years. I can't stand the bushy legs, so I run the clippers over them every month or two.

And no I don't manscape.