About 4 years ago, I had two road bikes. One was a very light older racing style Litespeed. I loved the way it handled, but it had no clearance for bigger tires. My FIL bought his Romulus about the same time and I became very curious over Riv and other older and extremely useful bicycles. About the same time I bought a Sequoia that had plenty of gears and tire clearance, but it handled nothing like my Litespeed. I wish I had a bike that was the combination of the two.
I moved to Colorado in 05 and wound up selling both road bikes. I only road my old beat up Univega mountain bike with slicks. I put a brooks B-17 and Suntour thumbies on it and was quite happy with it. I mainly just ran errands on it. I just recently relocated back to CA and decided it was time again to make riding a big part of my life. For some reason, I rode much less in CO than I have anywhere else I have lived. About 3 months ago, I began scouring CL, ebay, pawnshops, yard sales and anything else I could think of to find an older nice steel frame. Well, just this last week, my patience paid off. While on a business trip in AZ, I found a Bridgestone 400 in pretty good condition with all the original components. I bought it. It will immediately get my Brooks B-17, a tall Nitto stem I have laying around, some Shimano 105 brakes or maybe just get new shoes for the bridgestone brakes, Pasela 27inchers and Cane Creek levers. If anyone is selling a Nitto 177 Noodle 44-46cm bar, I am very interested :) For the time being, I will leave the drivetrain alone, just give everything a good cleaning, polish and lube. I plan to commute, run errands, and make recreational use of this bike. This bike will improve my life on so many levels and I can't wait. It's nice to meet all of you. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
