Old Red Gets a New Life. Red bike pics.

[mudmucker]

For a while now, I have been thinking of getting a Surly Long Haul Trucker. With all the talk and the rave. There is this really luscious Cherry Red frame out there. I'd get the frame and build it up. Put a honey Brooks on it and boy it'd be a real sharp workhorse. There aren't any shops near me where I can test ride one and I'd have no idea of what size frame I'd need nor do I know if it'd fit ok. I'd have to travel pretty far. But I said, I do have a bike in the cellar. It's neglected, needs some rehab, but it's in overall good condition, it's steel, and it's red. Let's just use what I already have. It's a 7-speed, but a road bike that I can use as an alternative, use as a guest bike, or a utility bike. At this point I won't be doing any heavy loaded tours, just errands with groceries probably no more than 30 miles round trip to my nearest store. What I didn't realize is that the drive train is a Shimano Hyperglide C, a compact system. It's a 1995, strange for a road bike but the Lemond Tourmalet's of that year were spec'd out like that. So already I have a mt. setup with a 46/36/26 front 3 and an 11-24 rear cassette. So I overhauled it and it's looking real pretty all shiny and happy in the sunshine.

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Old Red's first task was to get some milk, half & half, and some Mike's Hard Lemonade at the seasonal store, 6 miles. The nearest real store is a 30-mile roundtrip, which I'll do later.

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I was angering the wildlife. There was a hummingbird interested in the red bike while I was working on it.

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[DebW]

Nice new old bike. Thanks for sharing it. And I approve of your choice of beverages.

[redrhodie]

Cool! She's a beauty! Glad you got her out of the basement. Now that's a good deal!

Here's my red bike ;), also a lovely steel beauty, too good for me, for sure!

[Blueberry]

Yay! What a pretty bike - always nice when you can clean up and re-fall in love with a bike you already have:)

CA

[7rider]

Nice new old bike. Thanks for sharing it. And I approve of your choice of beverages.

+1!

DivingBike will be jealous! :p

[mudmucker]

Yay! What a pretty bike - always nice when you can clean up and re-fall in love with a bike you already have:)
CA
You know, you ain't kiddin'. I'm on vacation this week. I love vacation. Today Old Red and I bonded some more. We went down into the valley to civilization to get some food...down down to the next lower land that had a river through it, 7 miles, and I was grinning from ear to ear with the fun downhill run but knowing though that I would have to come back all the way up with loaded panniers. I don't always go this way on joy rides on carbon Neue Blue. I first went to a fish market and got a huge piece of salmon (dinner guests tomorrow), then I went to the bank to cash a work expense check from some business travel 2 weeks ago. Then, I stopped to the meat and produce market (local butcher) to get some beef for tonights dinner guest, and after that to a farm stand to get 12 ears of corn and some cucumbers. Then started a 5-6 mile varied 10% or so ascent back to my road and I thought, ugh, with loaded panniers and a bike that starts out 9 lbs heavier than what I normally ride, and when not fully loaded, that it would be difficult. Not so!! I forgot about the mt. gearing I had and the ascent was painless and was actually quite fun. I wasn't breaking any land speed records but just went a very comfortable painless pace that got me up the hill in no time with no knee pain. I had a total blast on the hill. Boy, I feel I can get up any incline with that gearing, loaded or not. I just recently got a new Selle An-Atomica saddle from the recent TE close-out. After 1 tweak of saddle height and fore-aft position I was totally dialed in and sooo comfortable. Yes, Old Red and I will have good times again. Then, as I turned on my road I stopped to another farm because their peaches are just coming in. So I got 4 lbs of fresh peaches and I thought fresh peach shortcake would sound good for tomorrow's company.


Cool! She's a beauty! Glad you got her out of the basement. Now that's a good deal!

Here's my red bike ;), also a lovely steel beauty, too good for me, for sure!

I gravitate towards red bikes. I love them. Although, I just saw a picture of Elk's Jamis Aurora, and what a luscious, gorgeous, velvety, chocolately bike that is.

[amy]

OH! I totally want a cool, around town kinda bike! I'm totally going to shop around for a used one! :)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Very, very nice!!!!

[lph]

aaaah - lotsa pretty red bikes :D Red is the best.

Very nice job, mudmucker.

redrhodie, love the kitten accessory.

[jesvetmed]

Great job fixing her up!
That is what I need to find.

Where do I order that kitten accessory? Does it meow if you squeeze it?!

[TxDoc]

Oooohhh... Awesome!
Y'all should not be doing this... now I want a RED bike again!!!
:D