What do you ride to the drugstore?
Maybe it's just dewey eyed nostalgia, maybe it's the price of gas, but I've been thinking about all the years when I didn't even own a car and rode a thirty pound cheap steel bike everywhere. I was thinner, happier, yes younger too. I have a stable of bikes now that I would be terrified to leave locked up outside the grocery store- too easy to steal pricey parts off of. My go to Mardi Gras bar crawl bike is too crummy to ride every day, TOO cheapo.
Any body have a 'comfort bike'? At $350 I'd still only leave it in select places but I could get in a lot of fitness work running errands on it and riding it to the gym would spare me the boredom of the Lifecycle. I saw a Diamondback (Wildwood?) with a swoopy retro frame and a cushy ride, pretty paint colors, price I could get over losing. What do you all think? I'm thinking wicker basket on the front.
missliz
speaking of a diamondback.....
hey liz, i actually have a diamondback wildwood. i like it. pretty color, nice seat, decent brakes. i rode our bridge pedal here a couple years ago with it. it was fine.
i don't recall how much i spent on it, but it was nominal. i have really cool knobby tires on it too.
if you are going for the basket, make sure it has flowers on the front and a bit of glitter (heeee heee).