Yesterday I went for a short ride after work on my 72 Paramount. I rode my usual loop around Mission Bay and Mission Beach in San Diego.
While going south on the Mission Beach boardwalk, I saw an older bike up ahead. I tried to get closer to it, but he was pretty far ahead and going pretty fast. The only reason I noticed it at all was that it was being ridden without a rear tire. Only after that I noticed it was a Raliegh Pro in Blue Mink. The handlebars were turned up. It was being ridden by a tweaker.
I can only imagine that someone, somewhere is upset over the theft of his Professional. I know I would be. It would be even worse knowing that it was being destroyed by an idiot.
That is something I wish I had never seen. The guy will probably abandon it somewhere when he can't ride it anymore.
