tollhousecookie

Lone wolf living in rural California. Ride (almost) every day. Love to talk anything road or mountain, racing training, TDF, bike set ups. Climbing enthousiest.....nut ?? What do ya ride ?

East Hill

Check my signature for my bikes .

Where are you in rural California? My husband was born in Brown's Valley .


Welcome to BF, and feel free to PM me with any questions !

East Hill

tollhousecookie

North East of Fresno in the foothills. A little town call Tollhouse.

tollhousecookie

Where is Brown's Valley? Do you pay California gas prices?

East Hill

Brown's Valley is outside of Yuba City/Marysville.

I don't live in California, although the rest of my family do. My husband's mum still lives in Yuba City.

I pay Washington state gas prices--not as bad as California, but bad enough! And man, you are WAAAAAYYYY out in the boonies!

East Hill

StephenH

Welcome to the forum.

"Red Neck", huh? My cousin lives in sem-rural Oklahoma and I suppose by most standards would count as a redneck. I saw him a couple of years ago for the first time in ages. He tells me, "You're putting on some weight there. You should do what I did. Just get an old bike and ride around every day for an hour or so." So here I am.

Nycycle

Red Neck or not,, WELCOME,,,I thought I was a Red Neck Roadie, my pals ride wearing Levi's and baseball caps..........whats this world coming too.

And I thought my helmet looked,,,,Red n......

tollhousecookie

I was in Yuba city a few years back visiting the L and H paint factory......pretty place. Good chating with you. What kind of bike do you ride? Do you train regularly or race?

East Hill

I ride mostly road bikes, no racing though. Most of my bikes are to be found in my signature, although my newest bike has still not been added .



My Richard Sachs



All my bikes .

East Hill

tollhousecookie

You have quite a collection. I am envious. Pardom me, but I'm not to computor savy....What is a signature? and what is PM mean ? ......I currently have 3 road bikes. 1 mountain bike. and a BMX bike I am in the process of building. Sorry no pictures to send, because of the savy thing. Your bikes look well maintained. Who does your up keep with that many bikes.

East Hill

The 'signature' is what you see down at the bottom of my post. If you click on the Vintage Bicycle Liberation Front, it will take you to my website for my bicycles .

PM means 'private message'. To send me a PM, you would click on my username, and a menu shows up with various options. Click on the Send Private Message.

Who does my maintenance? I do !

East Hill

tollhousecookie

One of my road bikes is built from a 1970's Raleigh frame that my Dad raced back his day. I stripped it down repainted it and found some semi authenic Raleigh decals on ebay. I put on Look carbon forks and carbon drop bars, all Shimano 105 componets and Mavic wheels. It was my full time bike for a while until I got my new Trek last February. There is a different feel to the older style geometry bikes, but each bike has it's own feel. Do you have any of your bikes set up with special gearing for any particular riding?

East Hill

No, no special set up, just what they came with as (mostly) original equipment. They do all have a different feel, which is one reason why I have so many!

Do you have a photo of your Raleigh?

East Hill

tollhousecookie

Sorry no photos, HEY ! Is that the Sheldon guy from Boston ???

East Hill

Yes, although unfortunately Mr. Brown is no longer alive .

East Hill

tollhousecookie

Did he pass away recently? I found his web site a year or so ago and e-mail him a question about BB sizing and he gave me a difinitive answer quite fast. I told him I like his helmet too. What a neat guy and what a VAST knowledge of Bicycles. And what a passion for cycling. I'll take a look at your web site. Thanks again for the chat !!

East Hill

Yes, sadly he passed away of a heart attack in February. He was a member here, and fondly remembered by all. In fact, the icon by my name represents 'Igor', the mascot on Mr. Brown's helmet. It's given to anyone who has made a charitable contribution in Sheldon's name...

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/

East Hill

waldowales

Hey, nycycle, ya talkin' to me, man? Huh, ya talkin' ta me?

East Hill

Are you upset about something?

East Hill