Hiya:
Recent notable bike sightings include:
1. Bike boom era lugged steel KHS converted to single speed. Only
spotted this because of the downturned ("upside down"😉 Northroad type
handlebars. Wheels probably original (Al rims, rusty spokes, tires
yellowed gumwalls). Most individuual feature, aside from the
handlebars: The careful way the owner/operator had scraped away a
chainstay sticker that had probably originally said "12 Speed" to say
"1 Speed."
2. Veteran cycle award, Court of Honor: Ralieigh step-through 3 speed
"Ranger." Nice English tourer being used for around the neighborhood
transportation.
3. Veteran cycle award, Gold Medal: A very clean-looking orange Schwinn
World Voyager road bike, chromed lugs on head tube, with the fattest
27x1 1/4 tires I've seen. Did Vittoria make a randonneur/cyclocross
tire in that size? If so, these were they.
4. Veteran cycle award, Refurbished: Schwinn Varsity with downtube
shifters, Al cotterless crank, clipless pedals. On the other hand, I
didn't check it out closely enough to tell if it was actually one of
the fillet-brazed Superbe frames done up with Varsity decals as
someone's "Q Bike."
5. Retro Roadster: Kronan roadster, in grey.
6. "Out of the Corner of My Eye" -- whilest commuting to work (by bus)
saw a long-limbed rider in long-sleeved lycra on a tall Surly frame,
skinny tires, silvery fenders, odd (neither drop nor flat) handlebar
moving the other direction at a high cadence. Triathlete on his steel
training-ride cycle? Commuter with the luxury of a locker room/shower
at work? The guy who always skips the exercycles at the nearby 24-hour
Fitness gym? George Lucas' film crew doing the hidden camera
"background shot" thing for "Riders of the Lost Brevet?"
Robert Leone [email hidden]