The first one of the winter was a rush job. My GF's daughter came home from college and said she wanted a fixie. We said no fixie, but you can have a single speed. She was OK with that. I thought, perfect I haven't bought her a present yet. Took her to the bike cave to see what she did and didn't like about the various bikes. Red was a strong like. Then I showed her a couple of bike photo threads on BF, both on C&V and SSFG, to see what style she liked. She was consistent in liking classic style (no florescent orange and green....). So far so good, off to Craigslist to find a suitable bike. Monday the 30th it showed up. 14 minutes after it posted I responded and 45 minutes later I was there. He held it, even with 6 other e-mails. Got a little off the price and down the road.


Showed it to her when I got home and did a test fit. She loves it, says "don't change a thing, I love the tires and the USA sticker". So we have a patriotic '85 Trek 400.

I spent New Years Eve and Day doing a complete tear down, polish and rebuild. Took off 3 generations of bicycle license, new cables and housings, and a new rear derailleur. Tomorrow it heads to Eugene. Hopefully she remembers its on the roof rack...

The goal for the winter is to get more projects out of the line-up. There is a 1980 Lotus Excelle and a 1985 Centurion Ironman which are tentatively sold. I want to finish the Wizard and the Ed Litton. Then we will see about the rest. Just need fewer 75* days that tempt me into riding or fishing.