[I posted this to RBR coz I keep thinking they like race bike stuff of
whatever stripe, but maybe RBM is a better place for it.]
My birthday was last week and the craziest thing happened.
First, I decided that my tattered 20yearold Pro Miyata was
embarrassing even for me---you can't even read the name on it
anymore---and that to give retro a good name I had to ride a spiffy
retro bike so I started looking for one and asking around.
Sure enough I ran into a web-friend who had a mint 1985 Atala Pro he'd
let me have very cheap. I said Let's do it!
The next day another friend said Hey did you see the clean red 1992
Bridgestone RB1 with STI on ebay? Oh no! When it rains it pours and
how can I pass this up? That would be a really nice relaxed road
machine. I checked it out and finally won it for way cheap.
So on my birthday 2 new roadbikes arrived in the UPS! FREAK OUT!
I haven't had a new roadbike in 20 years!
And both for the total price of a set of aero wheels.
Man, these are sweet! So clean! No dirt or grease! Like new! What
classy retro lugged steel styling!
And the Atala came with a brand new team racing outfit!
Here's a link to a webpage displaying our main family bikes plus the
new ones:
http://outyourbackdoor.com/articles2004/jeff.bikes.html.
Now what to do? Well, I'll ride em now thru spring and if I don't like
one, I'll sell it. They both might need a little dialing in stem-wise.
Who knows. The club dudes won't know what to think. I'm bike rich!
I might have to get another jersey now for the red one. And maybe new
shoes and helmet to replace my tattered 15yearold ones...
Yeehaw!
--JP
outyourbackdoor.com