LexRides

[politicalhero]

I just ran across some old photos from about 5 or 6 years ago and it made me really think about how I have evolved with biking. I know a lot of folks could spend way too much time pulling together this post but I thought it would be a good self reflection type thing.

This photo is of one of my first true loves. Meaning when I realized bike were "cool" again when I moved to college.
This was a hand-me-down Gary Fisher Marlon. It was a size too small but I rocked it for a few years with a double wide milk crate on the back, with fender and sometime kitty litter panniers that I made.


From then it was to a Trek hand me down,


a too tall Peugoet from the thrift store that I converted to a fixed gear,


to a Trek frame I traded for homebrew that I fixed (sorry Alex, I still owe you about 35 beers),


to include a Raleigh road bike for triathlons,


to the old Trek becoming my xtracycle frame that I purchased for $50 at the Asheville recyclery,


to now a Surly Karate Monkey xtracycle.


Now on to a "dad" style bike.


Of course at no time in the post did I mention if I ever got rid of many or any of these bikes :)

[brokebike]

nice post, Tim! Good job on the chronology...

[mcrib]

I first met you at the Peugoet stage of your evolution. I like the thread though
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[jkizzle]

sweet raleigh, ive got a very similar one. my metamorphosis coming soon.

[chadwick2wheels]

glad you kept all of them. I keep all of mine. Even if they're unable to be ridden they look awesome hanging around.
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