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Old 01-16-08 | 08:35 PM
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Charles Wahl
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Originally Posted by Chuckk
I can sort of imagine up a story. Biker meets gal, gal gets '92 Schwinn (Greenville) Traveler to ride with biker, gal rides MAYBE 100 miles before hanging her bike up (even though they'd bought it a Terry seat), a few years later he gives up riding
; careers, dogs and kids ensue. Almost a generation later, he (sexes may be reversed in this story) rediscovers cycling and (by now) vintage bikes. They're adults now, and don't feel that they have to do everything together all the time to have a good relationship. He rides, she sews and sings in the madrigal society. One of the kids (symmetry is better if it's a girl) wants a fixie for tooling around a college town; he builds it. He joins RUSA. And now

Originally Posted by Chuckk
they live happily ever after.
They'll always have fond memories of their bicycle courtship.
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