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Subject: Re: [OM] Just for a moment . . .
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 07:17:12 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
>>      A get a good chuckle when I'm out cycling and see people dressed up
>> in bright clothing, helmets, and those dark wrap-around sunglasses, riding
>> expensive racing bicycles which will never be used in serious competition.
>>
>
>A guy I know tried to convince me once that the only bike worth owning was
>a titanium-framed custom jobbie for $4k.  I explained that my Schwinn
>mountain/road bike that I picked up at a yard sale for $45 gets me where I
>need to go just fine.
>

     Speaking of which, on Wednesday I picked up a 1977 Puch 100-year Marco 
Polo bike at a thrift store for just $25:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13959494566/

     Cleaned it up and replaced the inner tubes yesterday (broken Presta 
valves), and later this morning it goes out for a shake-down cruise.  One of 
these sold last week on eBay for $475.  


Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
     - Hunter S. Thompson
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