January 2015

my new relationship

…with my bike, Windy! A while ago I wrote about how buying a bike reminded me of falling in love. I’ve spent some quality time with Windy now, and she’s not perfect, but she’s been a good pal. I had a little trouble with some of the Simcoe‘s features. For a very scary month it even seemed there…
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three speed

My last bike, a ca. 1973 Raleigh Cruiser had three speeds, but only the second gear worked after I owned it about a month. I just stayed in second gear. I did that for almost a year, summer, winter. I stopped missing the other gears. I forgot all about them. My previous bike had seven….
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