Appreciate the post.
Mike, I'm curious about how the ride compares to your Mississippi framed Schwinn?
J
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Oregon Southpaw
So here's my dad's 85 Tempo, purchased new back then.
I had ridden hybrids and comfort bikes since I was 5, this was the one that made me realize that I frickin' adore road-bicycles. I've ridden hundreds of bikes since and this still is in my top 5, possibly for sentimental reasons.
He always says I'll inherit it when he goes to the great LBS in the sky; I want to make him ride it as much as possible so that day is as far in the future as possible.
I busted off a sprint-laden 30-miler on it today like it was nothing. I never rode it new, since I was 4 when he got it, but I bet it rides similar to then.
EDIT: I may have finally cracked the picture posting code.
