Starfish,
All these years we've been together and it's come to this!?
How could you just put me out in the rain like that?
Haven't I been good to you?
Remember all those great times we had together?
I'm hurt.
Please baby please! Those others are all flash and no substance.
If you don't love me someone else will.
Sincerely,
Fred
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05-08-2007, 07:12 PM #1
zippadee-doo-dah
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05-09-2007, 03:26 AM #2
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oh my goodness! my first bike's name is Fred, too!
I ended up getting him two playmates-- Lucy and Grace (mtb and road bike, respectively). And yes, Fred has become my rain/ ride-to-class bike.
BUT-- a friend of mine recently wanted to buy Fred, as her first road bike. And I just couldn't do it. I couldn't part with Fred. Too many memories/ miles.
And quite frankly, his life is still pretty darned good: he lives inside (how many commuters get to say that??), he has two gorgeous girlfriends (Lucy and Grace), and he probably gets ridden the most out of any of the bikes (being a commuter)!
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05-09-2007, 04:31 AM #3
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Someone wanted to buy my first real road bike. I couldn't part with her. She was my first. I still take her off the rack, clean her, admire her. She taught me a lot.
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05-09-2007, 07:33 AM #4
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I have an old yellow and green Maino that I will never part with for sentimental reasons. It's now hanging in my garage without wheels. I don't talk to my bikes, but I love to feel their hubs, spin their wheels, and give their spokes a squeeze.
Oil is good, grease is better.
2007 Peter Mooney w/S&S couplers/Terry Butterfly
1993 Bridgestone MB-3/Avocet O2 Air 40W
1980 Columbus Frame with 1970 Campy parts
1954 Raleigh 3-speed/Brooks B72
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05-09-2007, 06:30 PM #5
It Matters To This One
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Fred, Fred...you will always live indoors when I'm not trusting you to carry me safely through the rain, and we'll watch a lot of late night movies on the trainer together! Those others can never replace you! But, who are we kidding...you finding someone else? Not without opposable thumbs! (No phone calls, no garage door openers...)
Originally Posted by zencentury
"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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05-10-2007, 08:46 PM #6
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That is another reason I don't by all this Rapture/Left Behind stuff
What would happen to the bike? What would happen to me *without* the bike
All you need is love...la-dee-da-dee-da...all you need is love!
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