Originally Posted by
qmsdc15
Impressive, Chip! I've never ridden that far. I rode almost that far a couple of times when I was young, on a "sport touring" model, sort of a hybrid between racing bike and touring bike.
I did my first at 13 years old myself...on one of them old single speed Schwinn cruisers with the tank for a top tube, coaster brake, balloon tires and the big spring loaded shock on the front...with the fenders & chain guard ripped off and the bars flipped and wrapped with electrical tape, of course.
I thought I was freakin Eddie Merckx on that bike...till the road turned upward
