Hi folks! My name is Dave Paul and I live and work in Pittsburgh, PA. I'm an avid rider but not a racer. i basically ride for the sheer joy of it. the feeling of moving quickly through whatever place i happen to be moving through. the exercise of it. the mechanics of it. the beauty of the machine beneath me... all of that and alot more. i love the feeling of riding with the birds in the early morning. i consider riding to be a sacred activity, or something very close to that.

Hey Dave Paul,

Welcome to Bike Forums from a Texas rider.

Look around and have fun posting.

I have several bikes. I have a Schwinn Peloton that i bought in 2002 from a store called the Ambridge Bike Shop. The bike was in their basement for a couple of years and I bought it in the early spring of 2002. I have a Fuji Gran Fondo which I bought for my middle son a few years back for Christmas, only to realize that he was not ready for such a bike (so I expropriated it). I have a Bianchi Limited that i bought in 1988 or early 1989 at the Bicycle Exchange in Harvard Square. I have a Trek hybrid that i use for snowy days. And I have two recumbent bikes: a Lightning P-38, which is a nifty recumbent bicycle I purchased in 2006 from RBR in State College; and a Rans Rocket, which I purchased from Hostel Shoppe mail order in about 2008. The bike I ride the most is the Schwinn.

Thanks, the Real Fred!