Hello. It was by accident that I came across this site buy I'm very glad I did. I'm 27 and currently living in Belgium. It took a while to get used to living here, given that I'm from California. My interest for cycling just about started 2 weeks ago when I saw this old bike at a second hand store. I wasn't too sure about buying it but it just looked different and it called to me. The 20 Euro price was also a determing factor for me buying it in the end. Thus, I wanted some info on this bike and by good luck I found this site. Here are some pics of the bike
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=299843
On my first ever ride in this bike I rode to what I believed to be the most appropriate first destination, given I'm in Belgium: A Brewery.
Well, it looks like this "bug" has bitten me and I've been going to every local bike shop looking for parts for this bike and so far it's been good. So, again, thanks too all that have helped me so far and thanks in advance to all of you who will help me in the future.