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Old 08-04-08, 11:42 PM
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joninkrakow
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Bikes: '86 Koga Miyata Randonneur

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Here's mine. It's a German-made Patagonia. Fairly uncommon, even here in Poland. It's a genuine "commuting" bicycle. In this photo, it's pretty much stock as I bought it (used). However, I just bought myself a pair of drop handlebars and bar-end shifters. When I get them on, I suppose I'll have to add a new picture. ;-) It's got low-to-middle range components, but it works like silk. I both love and hate the SRAM twist-grips. It seems they are always in the way. That's one reason I'm shifting to drops. These are my first indexed shifters, and I love the way I can shift without thinking, but I don't really like how I accidently shift when I hit the gas, so to speak.

This bike was bought used, and is pretty beat. But I like that in my bikes.... less steal-worthy. I've always uglified my bikes since I first started riding back in the early-80s. Just made sense to me. :-) But I didn't need to uglify this one. ;-)

-Jon
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