Retiring your steed in style? Ideas.
12-06-15, 05:15 PM
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Retiring your steed in style? Ideas.
So I'm retiring my Dawes Lightning DLX bike after 8 months of faithful service. She''ll become a bike I ride for errands probably once a month if that.
She's served me well with 6983 miles (according to MMR) over those 8 months. As a farewell ride I was going to do the SFO to SD route listed here and back (S.D. to S.F. ? by Bike | San Diego Reader) that will put me at about 8500 miles for the year and will be a good farewell ride to her. I'll then build up the Breezer over the winter break.
Any other ideas on how to retire a bike in style?
She's served me well with 6983 miles (according to MMR) over those 8 months. As a farewell ride I was going to do the SFO to SD route listed here and back (S.D. to S.F. ? by Bike | San Diego Reader) that will put me at about 8500 miles for the year and will be a good farewell ride to her. I'll then build up the Breezer over the winter break.
Any other ideas on how to retire a bike in style?
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Lead it out into a pasture and shoot it when it's not looking?
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Sell it on Craigslist.
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12-06-15, 05:43 PM
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12-06-15, 06:12 PM
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Fancy new rack.
Milk Crate... heaven forbid.
And a new commuter.
1 year sounds like a pretty sort time for "retirement". You've done a few miles. One or two sets of tires? However, my "faithful steed" has been with me since 1982. Only now has it finally been allowed to stay home on those rainy days. But it still gets plenty of road time when the sun is out.
Milk Crate... heaven forbid.
And a new commuter.
1 year sounds like a pretty sort time for "retirement". You've done a few miles. One or two sets of tires? However, my "faithful steed" has been with me since 1982. Only now has it finally been allowed to stay home on those rainy days. But it still gets plenty of road time when the sun is out.
12-06-15, 07:40 PM
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Perhaps it is a matter of semantics, but it sounds like you are repurposing this bike, not retiring it.
12-06-15, 07:50 PM
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+1 I like that idea! Rain bike and errand bike are compatible in setup. I turned my old Fuji into a rain bike. I added campus pedals so I can wear cycling shoes or not, and a rack and trunk bag (panniers could make it a grocery getter), . Mine also has a decently padded vinyl (rain proof) saddle.
I like that idea too!
I like that idea too!
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12-06-15, 08:19 PM
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Its going to be retired from being my main steed I been riding 200 miles on weekly. Since it was my first road bike and the one that got me hooked in biking I want to keep it. I will repurpose it, but I can't see myself riding 200 miles on it for all of next year.
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start using it for practical purposes. errands, picking up groceries, commuting. you can do a lot with it. if you're riding with your kid, use it.
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Deja Vue?
I'm intersted in knowing is there a standard way to farewell a bike.
I've spent 15 hours a week on for her for the last 40 weeks. That's typically more than with my wife.
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Why are you retiring it after only 8 months? Upgrade?
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Viking funeral.
12-06-15, 11:25 PM
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Well, I work in the aerospace manufacturing industry and we have a chicken cannon for test purposes... (yes, it shoots chickens) Maybe I'll test how a bike holds up to a bird strike, something similar to what a plane might experience on take off?
12-07-15, 07:12 AM
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There's no answer to this because a bike is an inanimate object, and does not require any ceremony to stop riding it. Just stop riding it. Just because you are weirdly emotional about it doesn't mean there is a standard way to deal with this weird emotion.
The proper pronoun for a bike is "it" not "she" and the word "steed" should never be used to refer to a bike.
Sell it on craigslist, use it for errands, hang it in the garage to gather dust or let your friends borrow when they visit. It doesn't matter.
The proper pronoun for a bike is "it" not "she" and the word "steed" should never be used to refer to a bike.
Sell it on craigslist, use it for errands, hang it in the garage to gather dust or let your friends borrow when they visit. It doesn't matter.
12-07-15, 07:23 AM
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There's no answer to this because a bike is an inanimate object, and does not require any ceremony to stop riding it. Just stop riding it. Just because you are weirdly emotional about it doesn't mean there is a standard way to deal with this weird emotion.
The proper pronoun for a bike is "it" not "she" and the word "steed" should never be used to refer to a bike.
Sell it on craigslist, use it for errands, hang it in the garage to gather dust or let your friends borrow when they visit. It doesn't matter.
The proper pronoun for a bike is "it" not "she" and the word "steed" should never be used to refer to a bike.
Sell it on craigslist, use it for errands, hang it in the garage to gather dust or let your friends borrow when they visit. It doesn't matter.
12-07-15, 08:41 AM
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Well, OP is emotionally invested in this bike. So many threads and posts touting and defending it! Now he's over it in just 8 months. Sad....