Hello to all. New member. I'm 66 and just retired. Sold my work car and was pondering a replacement. Scooter? Nah. Over 50cc and you have to do the whole motorcycle riders course school here in Fla. Under 50cc and you can't even get out of your own way. Motorized bike? Same thing. How about a regular bicycle? Yeah that's it !!!. On a fixed income I was looking at Wallyworld prices.Now, you have to realize I'm not going to be in any competitions. Just for excersize and a trip to the store if my wife has the car. So I picked up cheap $100 new Huffy. Not so good.After not being on a bike in earnest for over 50 years somethings were coming back to me. I kept looking and stumbled across a used Fuji Boulevard XC for $100. I would say 80's vintage. This oldie seemed well kept and/or serviced properly but not quite pristine. Even at this advanced age it was way ahead of the Huffy. It has Shimano SIS grip shift system.Had to tweek the deraileurs a bit and it took awhile but got it better. If there are any Fuji experts out there I would like to pin down the year as I see Fuji started producing the Boulevard again in the 2000's. The ser# is IF3F4998. The color does not seem modern. Almost like an Aqua. Now I know pics would help but I'm poor with computers,no digital camera or picture phone. I've always been a bare bones,frugal,spartan type of guy.
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Thanks for the tip. By the serial number it seems to be an 83. But by the chart listing they supposedly started in 85. But,hey,close enough. Thanks for your effort.
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"...here in Fla."Probably the most dangerous place in the country to try and stay alive on a motorcycle. Also probably the nicest cycling weather this side of the Mississippi River. Choose your routes carefully and stay away from the Q-tips...oh...wait.
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Sidewalks and bike trails for me. At least for now. If riding in the street is bad for a motorcycle it can't be much safer with a bicycle. It was bad enough before the advent of cell phones,texting etc.At least when I was a kid a car radio was about it for a distraction. At least then they were looking around and would make eye contact. When people are on their phones it's like they are in another world. I hardly see anyone using the bike lanes.The term "mountain bike" is an oxymoron here in Fla. The steepest inclines are the causeways over the water. Maybe they should come up with the "pancake bike" for Fla.as Fla is flat as one.LOL.
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Yeah,tell me about it.My daughter and her husband are bikers. He's an engineer and built his own custom bike. They've told me about a few near misses. I hate her on one but she is the daredevil in the family. They have cut back a little. They used to drive I95 to Daytona bike week(maybe be 100mi) but now they haul it in a trailer and just drive it around up there. Not that it's any safer on local streets.
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Sidewalks and bike trails for me. At least for now. If riding in the street is bad for a motorcycle it can't be much safer with a bicycle. It was bad enough before the advent of cell phones,texting etc.At least when I was a kid a car radio was about it for a distraction. At least then they were looking around and would make eye contact. When people are on their phones it's like they are in another world. I hardly see anyone using the bike lanes.The term "mountain bike" is an oxymoron here in Fla. The steepest inclines are the causeways over the water. Maybe they should come up with the "pancake bike" for Fla.as Fla is flat as one.LOL.
FYI. They do make bikes which are more suitable for Florida's flat terrain than what the bike shops are selling to most of the people who walk through their doors ...Single Speed bikes fall into that category ... from Beach Cruiser to "Track"-or-Messenger bikes ...
This is one of my in-city bikes:
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I like to have the option of different gears. At 66 my legs are in good shape but they are still 66 years old. Sometimes I like to lighten the load when pedaling. Luckily I have been using an exercise bike at home for years so my legs were not sore when I started biking again.
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