I have not ridden a bicycle in many years so it is kind of curious that I would end up here on this forum. It all started when my wife decided that she wanted to start riding a bicycle to work (just over a mile from the house). That did not seem to be that bad of an idea to me so I encouraged her. She ended up bringing home a 1963 Sears bike (a girls "Flightliner" I think).

Her "new" bicycle needed a lot of work, in fact it needed just about everything. Being a tool collector of sorts who dabbles with metal fabrication I decided the first order of business would be to build a repair stand. I decided after my 60 th birthday that I really only enjoyed working on anything for any length of time if the work fell somewhere between waist high and shoulder high. So a web search for "homemade bicycle repair stand" brought me repeatedly to this site. I ended up registering so I could see the pictures of the diy work stands here.

I ended up building a stand based on several of those pictured here but identical to none of them. Her bicycle is completed now and I have yet to decide what I want to ride. I'm leaning toward a cruiser to substitute/augment the daily walks that my doctor recommend for me. Back in 1959 I sold a one eyed mare (she had just weaned a healthy colt) for $50 and turned around and spent $43(?) of that on a brand spanking new bright red Schwinn. The last bicycle that I owned was a brand new 1973 10 speed Fuji, which I picked up at the base exchange at Tachikawa Air Force Base in 1973. I rode that one often until I left Japn in late '76 and have not owned a bike since.

I have found a renewed interest in bicycling through this experience and plan to come up with something to ride soon.

Welcome to Bike Forums.
Now you need to post some pics of your work stand and your wife's bike.
Nice intro.....Thanks for joining.

Welcome! The Hill County's a big place. Where 'bouts are ya?

Thanks. I'm from Kerrivlle, you know, the "hilly" part of the Hill Country....

Welcome to the forums, I'm a little further West than you, only a hop skip and jump down the road.