With names like "OldSchoolGuy" and "John" and a classic Ciocc, you are an instant friend. I like your freewheel selection, since I am into close-ratio gears but not high ones. (My motto is "no ratio above 100 gear-inches.")
I live in a delightful beach town in north San Diego County. My late mother used to live near the Santa Ana River beach trail, and I took the boys there several times when they were young, but I have never biked it. Welcome!
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069