Lifetime biker, new to the forums
 

Hey all, I'm a not-quite-30 year old woman hailing from the Southern US. I've ridden for fun and exercise since I took the training wheels off at 7 and for many years the bike was my main mode of transportation in decent weather. I have a Concord Freedom Deluxe made in 1980 passed down to me from my grandmother that I have just brought up 2 flights of stairs to use with a trainer. I've never really worked on this bike and since it's in my living room for reference I've been doing some research on it, and riding it of course, and having a great time. Nice to meet you all!

Howdy Natasha,

Welcome to Bike Forums.

Neat to have have your gransmother's bike.

Have fun with it.

Welcome aboard! So how heavy was the bike to carry up the stairs? I have my grandfathers old bike.. and it wieghs about 50 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!

Greetings!

Thanks for the welcome, guys! My grandma gave me the bike after I'd moved out of my parents' and couldn't afford a car, of course. Since then I've had many cars but this bike is sticking around! I've owned it for about 11 years.

Amazingly I don't think this bike weighs more than 25 lbs all told. I don't know my own strength at times but I can easily lift it over my head with one arm. I've carried it up many flights of stairs and the size is a bigger problem than the weight of it (56cm frame). I spend more energy trying not to beat up my legs with the pedals or let the headset swing around and hit me than I do coaxing it up steps. Grandma's a tall lady, I'm not as tall as she is but I have long legs so I'm very grateful to be riding a "man's" bike. I've got the flu at the moment but I'll be taking pics and posting them up in C&V shortly!