Go Back  Bike Forums > Bike Forums > Classic & Vintage
Reload this Page >

Blast from the past….

Notices
Classic & Vintage This forum is to discuss the many aspects of classic and vintage bicycles, including musclebikes, lightweights, middleweights, hi-wheelers, bone-shakers, safety bikes and much more.

Blast from the past….

Old 08-05-22, 06:41 PM
  #1  
bamboobike4
Banned.
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 1,070
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 359 Post(s)
Liked 581 Times in 335 Posts
Blast from the past….

I’m at Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort. Happy Hour (of course).

The live music had me laughing:

remember this guy?


Never had gin from a can before, but it seemed vegan.

Last edited by bamboobike4; 08-05-22 at 08:39 PM.
bamboobike4 is offline  
Likes For bamboobike4:
Old 08-05-22, 07:01 PM
  #2  
ascherer 
Senior Member
 
ascherer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Manhattan & Woodstock NY
Posts: 2,767

Bikes: 1987 Mercian Pro, 1985 Shogun 500, early '70s Falcon San Remo, 1972 Peugeot PX-10, 1972 Schwinn Paramount P13-9, 1971 Raleigh International, 1971 Peugeot PX-10, 1970 Raleigh Professional Mk1

Mentioned: 107 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 931 Post(s)
Liked 2,838 Times in 963 Posts
I was under the impression that honey isn’t strictly vegan? Speaking as an omnivore.
__________________
1987 Mercian Pro, 1985 Shogun 500, 197? Falcon San Remo, 1972 Peugeot PX-10, 1972 Schwinn Paramount P13-9, 1971 Peugeot PX-10, 1971 Raleigh International, 1970 Raleigh Professional Mark I
Curator/Team Mechanic: 2016 Dawes Streetfighter, 1984 Lotus Eclair, 1975 Motobecane Jubile Mixte, 1974 Raleigh Sports, 1973 Free Spirit Ted Williams, 1972 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Philips Sport





ascherer is offline  
Likes For ascherer:
Old 08-05-22, 07:47 PM
  #3  
USAZorro
Señor Member
 
USAZorro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Hardy, VA
Posts: 17,934

Bikes: Mostly English - predominantly Raleighs

Mentioned: 70 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1491 Post(s)
Liked 1,071 Times in 633 Posts
I credit being over 60 and still having nearly all my own teeth to my dislike of gin.
__________________
In search of what to search for.
USAZorro is offline  
Old 08-05-22, 08:37 PM
  #4  
bamboobike4
Banned.
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 1,070
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 359 Post(s)
Liked 581 Times in 335 Posts
Drew at a bike resort….catastrophic.
bamboobike4 is offline  
Old 08-05-22, 08:43 PM
  #5  
bamboobike4
Banned.
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 1,070
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 359 Post(s)
Liked 581 Times in 335 Posts

Very comfortable.



Tomorrow’s climb. NOT Pike’s Peak (BTDT-marathon). 1 mile up, 4 miles back down.
Getting acclimated to 6500’

Last edited by bamboobike4; 08-06-22 at 11:32 AM.
bamboobike4 is offline  
Likes For bamboobike4:
Old 08-06-22, 11:33 AM
  #6  
bamboobike4
Banned.
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 1,070
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 359 Post(s)
Liked 581 Times in 335 Posts
Originally Posted by ascherer
I was under the impression that honey isn’t strictly vegan? Speaking as an omnivore.
A vegan I’m not. Maybe I’d eat one in a pinch. But it seemed “planty.”.
bamboobike4 is offline  
Old 08-06-22, 01:22 PM
  #7  
m.c. 
Full Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 298
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 110 Post(s)
Liked 111 Times in 62 Posts
I used to be vegan, or "plant based" as its now called. Saying you're a vegan based on your diet gets you yelled at by certain people that say being a vegan means you must also be an animal rights activist. I cant keep up with the rules. I ate that way for health reasons, and I probably need to get back to it. Many will not eat honey because it comes from a bee. Also many will not eat Figs because of wasps dying inside of the fruit or something.

I wouldn't mind trying the gin in a can drink.
m.c. is offline  
Likes For m.c.:
Old 08-07-22, 08:43 AM
  #8  
RustyJames 
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Beaverton, OR
Posts: 1,443

Bikes: You had me at rusty and Italian!!

Mentioned: 31 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 559 Post(s)
Liked 1,032 Times in 534 Posts
Originally Posted by m.c.
I used to be vegan, or "plant based" as its now called. Saying you're a vegan based on your diet gets you yelled at by certain people that say being a vegan means you must also be an animal rights activist. I cant keep up with the rules. I ate that way for health reasons, and I probably need to get back to it. Many will not eat honey because it comes from a bee. Also many will not eat Figs because of wasps dying inside of the fruit or something.

I wouldn't mind trying the gin in a can drink.
I was vegan, or whatever it’s called, for about 4 years and it was great! I too did it for health reasons and I lost a bunch of weight and my cholesterol dropped to a healthy level. I wasn’t mental about it. I would have the occasional burger or pizza and I had no idea about dead wasps or exploiting working class bees. Also, I never ate meat substitutes. Most of them are dreadful.

What was this thread about? I easily digress…
RustyJames is offline  
Old 08-07-22, 10:18 AM
  #9  
The Golden Boy 
Extraordinary Magnitude
 
The Golden Boy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Waukesha WI
Posts: 13,640

Bikes: 1978 Trek TX700; 1978/79 Trek 736; 1984 Specialized Stumpjumper Sport; 1984 Schwinn Voyageur SP; 1985 Trek 620; 1985 Trek 720; 1986 Trek 400 Elance; 1987 Schwinn High Sierra; 1990 Miyata 1000LT

Mentioned: 84 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2597 Post(s)
Liked 1,677 Times in 926 Posts
That's THE Drew?

Originally Posted by USAZorro
I credit being over 60 and still having nearly all my own teeth to my dislike of gin.
I developed a taste for Gin & Tonic sometime around the time I turned 50. Now I have to have a tooth pulled. Great.
__________________
*Recipient of the 2006 Time Magazine "Person Of The Year" Award*

Commence to jigglin’ huh?!?!

"But hey, always love to hear from opinionated amateurs." -says some guy to Mr. Marshall.
The Golden Boy is offline  
Old 08-07-22, 02:15 PM
  #10  
rccardr 
aka: Dr. Cannondale
 
rccardr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 7,851
Mentioned: 234 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2151 Post(s)
Liked 3,380 Times in 1,198 Posts
Originally Posted by USAZorro
I credit being over 60 and still having nearly all my own teeth to my dislike of gin.
My understanding is that among cocktail type drinks the G&T is the least injurious to your teeth because the acidity and sugar content are both fairly low.
I giess if you drink enough of them you could fall down and bust your front teeth, though.
__________________
Hard at work in the Secret Underground Laboratory...
rccardr is offline  
Likes For rccardr:
Old 08-07-22, 05:01 PM
  #11  
USAZorro
Señor Member
 
USAZorro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Hardy, VA
Posts: 17,934

Bikes: Mostly English - predominantly Raleighs

Mentioned: 70 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1491 Post(s)
Liked 1,071 Times in 633 Posts
Originally Posted by rccardr
My understanding is that among cocktail type drinks the G&T is the least injurious to your teeth because the acidity and sugar content are both fairly low.
I giess if you drink enough of them you could fall down and bust your front teeth, though.
Science, schmeince. Don't go tryin' to muddy the waters with facts.

Let me preface by saying that nearly every alcoholic beverage is kinda nasty tasting. When I was in college (I was 18 - which was the legal drinking age at the time) I had my first drink - cheap, keg beer. Smelled and tasted like u-know-what, but the effect was undeniable. Inevitable experimentation followed. At the time, Vodka was "too Russian" for more than occasional consumption, and tequila was an exotic drink which came with legendary stories about worm consumption. I wasn't looking to "put hair on my chest" (despite a lifelong paucity that continues to present day), so whiskey and bourbon in the college student's budget range were rather out (had some Chevis Regal at a dinner party at a prof's place once and that was some good stuff, even if way out of budget and late in the collegiate experience) - which at the time left rum and gin. Bacardi was (and remains) rather budget friendly, and both the gold and 151 received audiences and generally positive reviews. Then there was Gin. I tried to like it. Why not? Except for the world's worst (now 2nd worst with the advent of Fireball) mouthwash - Bombay - it was very easy on the budget. The only problem was that unless you were sneaking it into Long Island Iced Teas, it was amongst the three vilest-tasting substances on the planet. The addition of tonic improved it in no way, shape or form.

None of my acquaintances had any fondness for the stuff either, and consequently Gin ranked lower on the desirability scale than 75 cent pitchers of Iron City beer (which is saying something). I tried regular gin. I tried Sloe gin. I had to resort to schnapps to get the nasty aftertaste to go away. Now this was the late 70's and into the very beginning of the 80's. Monty Python and British comedy in general could not be escaped if you were a somewhat nerdy college student. This exposure revealed a few very enlightening details about British society. Inescapable was their penchant for driving on the wrong side of the road, misusing "boot" and "rubber" and using perambulators, but also their fondness for gin (and also beer flavored with dirt - which is an entirely different essay) and the abysmal state of mens' teeth.

Coincidence? Why only the men then? Ah! When's the last time you saw a British actress drinking gin on screen. OK - so Elizabeth has been known to imbibe on occasion, but then again, she has to hold it in when dealing with Charles and Camilla - and frankly, while I admire her greatly, it's not for her pearly smile. So... therefore, it must be gin.

C&V content... I'm fairly certain I have a Carlton Corsa that was built by a chap who'd had a lunch of Beefeater's.
__________________
In search of what to search for.

Last edited by USAZorro; 08-07-22 at 05:14 PM. Reason: fix misspelling
USAZorro is offline  
Likes For USAZorro:
Old 08-07-22, 05:10 PM
  #12  
bamboobike4
Banned.
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 1,070
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 359 Post(s)
Liked 581 Times in 335 Posts
Originally Posted by The Golden Boy
That's THE Drew?
.
I think so. They exiled that bastid to Key West and he escaped to Colorado to avoid the humidity.

He had a lot of gadgets, but management assured me he doesn’t get near a hacksaw.
bamboobike4 is offline  
Old 08-07-22, 05:15 PM
  #13  
bamboobike4
Banned.
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 1,070
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 359 Post(s)
Liked 581 Times in 335 Posts
Originally Posted by rccardr
My understanding is that among cocktail type drinks the G&T is the least injurious to your teeth because the acidity and sugar content are both fairly low.
I giess if you drink enough of them you could fall down and bust your front teeth, though.
I used to start with Tom Collins, move to gin & tonic, then gin on ice, then give me the &$%#€ bottle.

However, one thing led to another. I embarrassed a Mississippi lass, got a ticket for going backwards thru Burger King, and woke up to find my contacts in the sink, in a fedora. On the stove was a frying pan and a raw hamburger patty. My roommate had less memory of the night than I did. That was my last time in a country bar.
bamboobike4 is offline  
Old 08-07-22, 05:18 PM
  #14  
bamboobike4
Banned.
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 1,070
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 359 Post(s)
Liked 581 Times in 335 Posts
bamboobike4 is offline  
Old 08-07-22, 07:01 PM
  #15  
rccardr 
aka: Dr. Cannondale
 
rccardr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 7,851
Mentioned: 234 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2151 Post(s)
Liked 3,380 Times in 1,198 Posts
Originally Posted by bamboobike4
I used to start with Tom Collins, move to gin & tonic, then gin on ice, then give me the &$%#€ bottle. However, one thing led to another. I embarrassed a Mississippi lass, got a ticket for going backwards thru Burger King, and woke up to find my contacts in the sink, in a fedora. On the stove was a frying pan and a raw hamburger patty. My roommate had less memory of the night than I did. That was my last time in a country bar.
Just another Tuesday night, right?
__________________
Hard at work in the Secret Underground Laboratory...
rccardr is offline  
Likes For rccardr:
Old 08-07-22, 07:03 PM
  #16  
rccardr 
aka: Dr. Cannondale
 
rccardr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 7,851
Mentioned: 234 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2151 Post(s)
Liked 3,380 Times in 1,198 Posts
Must admit I don’t drink a lot of cocktails any more. Good craft beer is just so good, and French wine is pretty fine.
But when I do more of a dry martini guy.
Up, olive. Thanks!
__________________
Hard at work in the Secret Underground Laboratory...
rccardr is offline  
Old 08-09-22, 07:21 PM
  #17  
bamboobike4
Banned.
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 1,070
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 359 Post(s)
Liked 581 Times in 335 Posts
Third night in a row they’ve hosted club rides, this time the Manitou Spokes. Yesterday was a Colorado Springs group; they do laps around Garden of the Gods (pretty great scenery.). They are SAG’ing the Pikes Peak Hill Climb on Saturday, went kayaking this morning at some lake by Pikes Peak.

Spoke with the owner, a firmer racer with kids in college, etc. They have a house on site for larger groups, another cottage, some larger rooms, sort of like a small adobe village, cross between a campground and a motel. We counted 9 states in the parking lot, the neighbors are from Germany (guy was proud of his new Trek.)

We watched yoga by the pool until my lady decided all that fitness was enough. (I wondered what all the men were doing by the playground.)

So, as a tourist, I bought the jersey. Triple ByPass is in 9 days, but we decided to climb up to Pike’s Peak tomorrow. The bikes were seriously out of tune, so they got the full treatment today.

Originally Posted by bamboobike4
bamboobike4 is offline  
Likes For bamboobike4:
Old 08-09-22, 07:24 PM
  #18  
bamboobike4
Banned.
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 1,070
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 359 Post(s)
Liked 581 Times in 335 Posts
Originally Posted by rccardr
Must admit I don’t drink a lot of cocktails any more.
Good craft beer is just so good, and French wine is pretty fine.
But when I do, more of a dry martini guy.
Up, olive. Thanks!
In this age of redefining 2,000 year old words and renaming 200 years of 200 million year old mountains, I’ve decided shots are now cocktails.

So it’s been whiskey cocktails this week, with a napkin. Very efficient. I’m all about speeding up the process.
bamboobike4 is offline  
Likes For bamboobike4:
Old 08-09-22, 07:46 PM
  #19  
rccardr 
aka: Dr. Cannondale
 
rccardr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 7,851
Mentioned: 234 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2151 Post(s)
Liked 3,380 Times in 1,198 Posts
Good on you. Efficiency is always a time saver.
Get where you’re gonna get faster than the next guy.
__________________
Hard at work in the Secret Underground Laboratory...
rccardr is offline  
Old 08-10-22, 03:04 PM
  #20  
gugie 
Bike Butcher of Portland
 
gugie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 11,638

Bikes: It's complicated.

Mentioned: 1299 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4667 Post(s)
Liked 5,765 Times in 2,270 Posts
It's a well known BKM to only bring highly concentrated alcohols on bike trips if you're going to be stopping away from proper beer sources.

__________________
If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
gugie is offline  
Old 08-10-22, 03:17 PM
  #21  
T-Mar
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 23,233
Mentioned: 652 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4719 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3,034 Times in 1,874 Posts
Silly me! Based on the thread title, I was expecting to see Brendan Fraser on a bicycle....
T-Mar is offline  
Old 08-10-22, 03:54 PM
  #22  
squirtdad
Senior Member
 
squirtdad's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: San Jose (Willow Glen) Ca
Posts: 9,848

Bikes: Kirk Custom JK Special, '84 Team Miyata,(dura ace old school) 80?? SR Semi-Pro 600 Arabesque

Mentioned: 104 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2302 Post(s)
Liked 2,736 Times in 1,497 Posts
Originally Posted by USAZorro
I credit being over 60 and still having nearly all my own teeth to my dislike of gin.
I credit my dislike for gin on having got totally plastered for the first time on a base of Gin and Dr. Pepper (yes I was a dumb teenager)

as for the vegan thing, I kinda fell into a mostly vegan low fat eating style to avoid having to go on insulin. In 4 weeks, blood sugar has plummeted to high end of acceptable (am at 130 was running 200+)
__________________
Life is too short not to ride the best bike you have, as much as you can
(looking for Torpado Super light frame/fork or for Raleigh International frame fork 58cm)



squirtdad is offline  
Old 08-10-22, 05:11 PM
  #23  
m.c. 
Full Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 298
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 110 Post(s)
Liked 111 Times in 62 Posts
Originally Posted by squirtdad
I credit my dislike for gin on having got totally plastered for the first time on a base of Gin and Dr. Pepper (yes I was a dumb teenager)

as for the vegan thing, I kinda fell into a mostly vegan low fat eating style to avoid having to go on insulin. In 4 weeks, blood sugar has plummeted to high end of acceptable (am at 130 was running 200+)
I did the Dr. Neal Barnard / www.drmcdougall.com way of eating. I lost weight and it was the only time in my adult life when I had bloodwork in the normal range, dr said I had the lowest blood sugar of his patients. But its hard to stick to it when you have a wife and friends that want to eat at restaurants and like to cook, and it gets really boring pretty fast. Now I have high blood pressure and the weight has climbed. I guess I need to get back to it. I came across them because I was pre diabetic and the first thing they did was give me glucophage, then told me if I ate fat with it I would have diarrhea. So I cut out the fat, then I cut out the pills and stayed low fat and by searching low fat I found Dr. Barnards talk explaining that once the fat gets out of the cells they can handle the sugar. Everyone has a different diet and view of nutrition. All I know is this is the only thing that worked for me. Others work for other people. I went back on it for a few weeks and the BP dropped to high normal. I know what I have to do, doing it is the hard part.
m.c. is offline  
Old 08-10-22, 05:23 PM
  #24  
squirtdad
Senior Member
 
squirtdad's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: San Jose (Willow Glen) Ca
Posts: 9,848

Bikes: Kirk Custom JK Special, '84 Team Miyata,(dura ace old school) 80?? SR Semi-Pro 600 Arabesque

Mentioned: 104 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2302 Post(s)
Liked 2,736 Times in 1,497 Posts
Originally Posted by m.c.
I did the Dr. Neal Barnard / www.drmcdougall.com way of eating. I lost weight and it was the only time in my adult life when I had bloodwork in the normal range, dr said I had the lowest blood sugar of his patients. But its hard to stick to it when you have a wife and friends that want to eat at restaurants and like to cook, and it gets really boring pretty fast. Now I have high blood pressure and the weight has climbed. I guess I need to get back to it. I came across them because I was pre diabetic and the first thing they did was give me glucophage, then told me if I ate fat with it I would have diarrhea. So I cut out the fat, then I cut out the pills and stayed low fat and by searching low fat I found Dr. Barnards talk explaining that once the fat gets out of the cells they can handle the sugar. Everyone has a different diet and view of nutrition. All I know is this is the only thing that worked for me. Others work for other people. I went back on it for a few weeks and the BP dropped to high normal. I know what I have to do, doing it is the hard part.
LOL, my Dr. gave me the the Dr. Neal Barnard book. I had to try something, and so far it has been pretty easy, kind of surprising to me how easy I fell into it. I like to cook so it has become a fun challenge to come up with tasty vegan recipes. keeping low fat has been the challenge, but carbs are ok so that let's me survive
__________________
Life is too short not to ride the best bike you have, as much as you can
(looking for Torpado Super light frame/fork or for Raleigh International frame fork 58cm)



squirtdad is offline  
Old 08-10-22, 05:28 PM
  #25  
m.c. 
Full Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 298
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 110 Post(s)
Liked 111 Times in 62 Posts
Originally Posted by squirtdad
LOL, my Dr. gave me the the Dr. Neal Barnard book. I had to try something, and so far it has been pretty easy, kind of surprising to me how easy I fell into it. I like to cook so it has become a fun challenge to come up with tasty vegan recipes. keeping low fat has been the challenge, but carbs are ok so that let's me survive
I'm glad it has helped you.

I need to start trying different recipes. I really got into it a few years back but then settled into a routine of only having a few simple things over and over(this is what mcdougall suggests) then got tired of it. Its one of those things where life is better when I do it so why don't I just do it.
m.c. is offline  

Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.