The Dart sold for $1000 the summer after I left Wheaton. It was a great learning car, but the lack of braking power, A/C, well pretty much any "luxury" eventually got to me.
I then upgraded to my "dream" car, a 5.0 liter 1988 Mustang GT that I drove for the next 13 years, through all kinds of Illinois and Michigan nastiness weather wise. Put about 140,000 great miles on it. It ended up a rust bucket, but I still loved it. Held my wife's hand for the first time and shared a prayer with her in that car. Sold that one to some punk who trashed it in two weeks. I really, really liked that car. Some time I'll show you a video of the burn out I did from our wedding, it was awesome.
Now I drive minivans all the time, soon to be Full Size vans cuz five don't fit in the minivan so well I am finding.
The bikes are a cheap mechanical fix. Much more reliable and fun than motor vehicles for the most part. A friend of mine says that bikes are the big guy version of legos. If you have a few and some extra parts, you can always change them around to build something different.
The bike allows me to exercise and get somewhere for cheap at the same time without using gas, appealing to the jock, the tightwad, and the environmentalist within me simultaneously.
Oh, and riding bikes is fun, fun, fun. Hard to worry about anything on a bike.
I know virtually nothing about bikes ... but I'm sure that is a nice bike. What really struck me in the photo was the pinewood derby car. Gotta love those little cars and all the daddy-kid time those represent. :)
The bike is really nothing special. It is relatively heavy, and relatively inexpensive. It just does what it does, day in and day out with minimal maintenance and complaining.
Of note: The frame and fork and bars belonged to Josh Sloan, my departed friend who is the namesake of our Josh. I bought it off his widow. I wear his helmet as well, so I get to think about him frequently.
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Enel, don't ask me why, but, for some reason, this bike and your interest in bikes reminded me of your old Dodge Dart...whatever happened to that car?
The Dart sold for $1000 the summer after I left Wheaton. It was a great learning car, but the lack of braking power, A/C, well pretty much any "luxury" eventually got to me.
I then upgraded to my "dream" car, a 5.0 liter 1988 Mustang GT that I drove for the next 13 years, through all kinds of Illinois and Michigan nastiness weather wise. Put about 140,000 great miles on it. It ended up a rust bucket, but I still loved it. Held my wife's hand for the first time and shared a prayer with her in that car. Sold that one to some punk who trashed it in two weeks. I really, really liked that car. Some time I'll show you a video of the burn out I did from our wedding, it was awesome.
Now I drive minivans all the time, soon to be Full Size vans cuz five don't fit in the minivan so well I am finding.
The bikes are a cheap mechanical fix. Much more reliable and fun than motor vehicles for the most part. A friend of mine says that bikes are the big guy version of legos. If you have a few and some extra parts, you can always change them around to build something different.
The bike allows me to exercise and get somewhere for cheap at the same time without using gas, appealing to the jock, the tightwad, and the environmentalist within me simultaneously.
Oh, and riding bikes is fun, fun, fun. Hard to worry about anything on a bike.
I know virtually nothing about bikes ... but I'm sure that is a nice bike. What really struck me in the photo was the pinewood derby car. Gotta love those little cars and all the daddy-kid time those represent. :)
The bike is really nothing special. It is relatively heavy, and relatively inexpensive. It just does what it does, day in and day out with minimal maintenance and complaining.
Of note: The frame and fork and bars belonged to Josh Sloan, my departed friend who is the namesake of our Josh. I bought it off his widow. I wear his helmet as well, so I get to think about him frequently.
My office looks like a dorm room, and has lots of family mementos. The Pinewood trophy is somewhere in there as well.
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