Very Odd Ride report

[uforgot]

How cool! I also grocery shop on my bike. The clerks always want to know if I rode my bike and how do I want them bagged for that. I bought a 1976 Schwinn Suburban for $25, put my Trek grocery panniers on it and I guess you know that you can get a lot into your panniers! Upright, women's, so I can even ride in a skirt to the store from school. (with shorts under of course). Got that idea from Xeney. Heavy as all get-out, but I figure it's more exercise if I have to work a little harder.

I find that everyone smiles, honks and waves, too.

[Fredwina]

Switching bikes is good. I was think about this since I was planning on doing the ride of silence tommorrow on my Bike Friday, which is defintely a "correct posture"(you will sit bolt upright and spin) bike.

[SouthernBelle]

I love Old Blue. She's what started me with all this. BTW, that pic is clickable.

[limewave]

I have the same Bianchi Nyala! I want to trick mine out too. I like to ride her around the neighborhood with DD and take her on the bike paths. But she is in desperate need of tuning up. Now I have some inspiration to get me going on the project.

[pooks]

Fantastic!

I haven't tricked out my bike yet, even though I bought the panniers. I just haven't adjusted to the idea of having them on the bike all the time and so haven't done it.

But I'm almost there!

I love your Old Blue.

[Zen]

I wish I lived close enough to the store to do that

But then again, it does curb cravings.

[SouthernBelle]

I have the same Bianchi Nyala! I want to trick mine out too. I like to ride her around the neighborhood with DD and take her on the bike paths. But she is in desperate need of tuning up. Now I have some inspiration to get me going on the project.

Is yours blue too? Do you know how old the bike is? I bought mine 2nd hand off of a bike shop owner, so it was, and still is in excellent shape mechanically. She got a bath and lube before I put the rack on. The decals are rather rough, but the paint job is pretty good. Need to find some touchup paint in that color.

[rij73]

That's just adorable! Enjoy!

[limewave]

Is yours blue too? Do you know how old the bike is? I bought mine 2nd hand off of a bike shop owner, so it was, and still is in excellent shape mechanically. She got a bath and lube before I put the rack on. The decals are rather rough, but the paint job is pretty good. Need to find some touchup paint in that color.

Well, I can't say for certain how old she is. My bianchi is the first bike I ever bought for myself. I cleaned hotel rooms every weekend, making $3.75 an hour to save up for it (they didn't have to pay me minimum wage because it was a family business or something like that). Anyways, that had to be back in the early 90's.