Originally Posted by
thumpism
Yeah, it's a shame when they don't appreciate what you're trying to do for them. I have a nice little Raleigh Sports in the garage that I saved from a snowdrift in a friend's yard and it's now ready to ride. Been ridden? Nope.
Man, I wonder how many fathers go through this.
A winter's worth of love went into this `67 Dunelt. But when Spring came along, and I presented this to my then 16 year-old daughter, she told me it was too "old and rickety" for her. This, after I built up an alloy front wheel for better braking, repacked the bottom bracket and headset with new balls, tuned it and tweaked it and devised a front basket setup strong enough to carry her considerable load of camera equipment on those creamy new Schwalbe tires. All for naught.
So I traded it for a Raysport 531 Turismo frame, and I'm building that into the ultimate British-style Light Roadster. She's saving for a car...
