ghostr1der

Hello everybody!

I am trying to learn more and get myself off the couch and riding. Outside of a few times, I haven't really ridden since I started driving 3 decades ago. I have been rekindling my appreciation for bikes in the last year or so though. I really kicked things off by picking up an antique cruiser last August on a whim; it was cheap and close to the office. I have now gone from zero bikes to n+1 in the last year. I enjoy tinkering and learning more about working on bikes; most of what I have is old and will need some amount of work. I remember building a bike out of spare parts when I was a kid after mine got stolen just to have something to ride until my parents were able to get me a new bike. I still have the old copy of "Glenn's Complete Bicycle Manual" that I used .

What I currently have in order of purchase:

• 1941 Wards Hawthorne Comet (step-through single speed "balloon tire" cruiser) - original down to the tires, missing only the headlight lens as far as I can tell
• 1959 J.C. Higgins "Equipped" Flightliner (step-through single speed "middleweight" cruiser) - original with new tires
• early 2000s? Batavus Personal Bike - Dutch bike bought from couple moving back to Netherlands and didn't want to take it back, still has Amsterdam bike shop decal on rear fender
• 2022 Engwe EP-2 Pro folding eBike - haven't finished setting it up yet
• 2008 Trek 4500 mountain bike (18") - mostly stored by previous owner and not ridden much, cassette freehub not engaging and needs tubes
• 2008? Cannondale F7 mountain bike - XL and may be a bit big for me; it was very cheap but in pretty fair shape, needs a tune up, cleaning, and could use tires
• late 2000s Trek 4300 frameset (18") - hesitate to include, but it is most of a bike lol
• Late 1990s? Cannondale R300 (56cm I think)- essentially free with purchase of an old truing stand (TS-2) and shop repair stand (PRS-3) along with parts. It had been left outside and needs a lot of work, but I think it will ride again (chain is almost one solid piece)
• late 2000s Specialized Roubaix (58cm I think) - also essentially free with the afore mentioned Cannondale R300 and parts and tools. It was rattle canned many years ago multiple colors and eventually left outside, but I think it can be made to ride again as well.

I have also picked up a used Kinetic wheel-on trainer to help me along my journey when the weather sucks. Likely one of these bikes will be used primarily for that.

I do like new bikes and I think eBikes are very cool, but I also like the idea of saving old bikes.

Thanks for reading if you made it this far!

roccitman

Welcome! I've never really let anyone know about me. Inspired by your post!

MelvinBass

Welcome

ghostr1der

Thank you! Glad I could be an inspiration to someone

10 Wheels

Welcome.
I started Road Riding on 25 y/o $15 bike.

Wildwood 

Welcome @ghostr1der,
good start on the international collection.
Allow me to recommend more Europeans to keep the Batavus company.
Maybe Italia -

Batavia Competition above, Bianchi Vittoria below

ghostr1der

Thank you! I just picked up a couple more international classics over the weekend for a great price. They are both in pretty good shape and ridable.

The first is I believe a 1977 Nishiki Sport. It appears mostly original, and it is certainly much heavier than it looks. Hi tensile Steel frame I believe.

The second (and main one I was after) is a most likely late 70s Peugeot PR10. It is a bit of a frankenbike though, with several newer and mismatched parts. It does ride just fine though.

a1a

That's quite the collection! I am tempted to ask... what else have you collected? serious question

f2892704

Nice picture

ghostr1der

Bikes, or in general? In general could get too numerous to list .

jtspear5

happy riding

a1a

Kinda guessed that! It's great to have hobbies!