Hello from PA!
 

So after many, many years, I've decided to get back into cycling, if only to shed a few pounds.

About me: I live and work in Stroudsburg, PA, as a night auditor for a hotel out here. I live with my girlfriend and 2 year old child in a large, 1930's apartment on Main Street. I spend most of my time reading or listening to records, and I have an affinity for all things mechanical. I'm also in the process of restoring a Lincoln Town Car. The reasons for getting back in the saddle is the realization that I really don't need a car for 90 % of the crap I need to do around town, and the other realization that in the past 10 years, I've ballooned to an unhealthy 225 from my normal 175. I suffer from Schueurmann's Kyphosis, a rare spinal disorder in which my back is curved forward at a 93 degree angle. It's painful, and makes most other forms of exercise uncomfortable.

The idea of buying a bike was sitting in the back of my head for the last year or so, and was, for the most part, just considering a cheap MTB or hybrid from Walmart. That is, until I was browsing through an antiques shop in town for a replacement lamp for my house and stumbled upon...

The Ride- a 1936 Cyrva english 3 speed roadster. Sturmey-archer AW 3-speed, classic yet simplistic styling, and it fit not only my frame but my style as well. Since I'm fairly new to classic bikes, I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions, and I'm also certain that a good percentage of them will be dumb.
The last "classic" bike I owned was a 1970's lotus 10 speed I fished out of the dumpster, rode that for a little while but couldn't get used to the racer style, too uncomfortable, and it didn't help that every time I went to shift it, the skinny tires on it would hit a bump and I'd go flying.
Otherwise, I had a Ross that kept breaking rear axles, a 27 speed MTB that the name escapes me right now, and of all things, a huffy MTB that I had for years to run to the library and back. I customized the Huffy to be a hybrid, added a luggage rack and panniers, but int he end, it was still a huffy. Thing was heavy, too.

I also tend to ramble. A lot. But overall, I look forward to joining you people on this journey.

...and - judging by your handle - I'm going to guess you're a Led Zepplin and/or Pink Floyd fan. If memory serves Hipgnosis did their album covers, no?

Has good weather returned to eastern PA, yet? (I used to live in Macungie a few years back - difficult change in weather for a CA native)

Welcome to The Forums

Welcome to Bike Forums, I hope you enjoy your time here. Good luck with the weight loss goal!

As far as the weather goes, it seems to have skipped spring and gone right into 85 degrees and humid summer.

And yes, bit of a Pink Floyd fan, although my general taste in music is fairly eclectic.

Greetings from south central PA. Hope you enjoy the forum as much as I do.
I don't post much, just lurck and learn, lol

Welcome to the forums and the journey!