My Brand New (40+ years old) Bike

So. As many of you know, my bike last year was rather small.

A while back, we had some family visiting. They have two kids - one's nine and the other is twelve. When they left, my dad was curious what was going on in our lives when Tyler and I were that age. He pulled out a dvd from around that time and found out that I was NINE when I got that bike. That would explain its size.

Anyway, we've had some bikes hanging in our garage for a long time. One of them is Tyler's - I was thinking of using it next year but after riding it a bit I'm not sure it's ideal either.

So today we tried another one. It was my uncle's. I asked my dad about when he thinks they got it - he estimated about 1967. Making it at least 40 years old. Wow.

Anyway, I tried it out today. Shifting can be a fun sort of guessing game. The brakes sort of work. It's one of those speed bikes so the handles really don't extend very far - it's a bit difficult to turn.

All these factors combine to form a rather entertaining and hilarious experience.



I realize I haven't said too much here in a while. I'll update some more soon =)

-Alex