Long Haired Hippy on a Bike
08-14-13 | 02:07 AM
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From: Willkes-Barre, PA
Bikes: Papillionaire Sommer, '85 Schwinn World Tourist, 2014 Windsor Kensington 8, SixThreeZero SS Cruiser
Long Haired Hippy on a Bike
Hello!
I'm new to biking as an adult but have already gathered a few bikes for myself and my fiance.
I'm hoping to loose more weight and gain better fitness... and maybe cut down car use if at all possible....even in winter. And enjoy the world, of course.
I'm also hoping to learn a few bike repair tips, tool advice... you get the idea.
Happy to be here!
I'm new to biking as an adult but have already gathered a few bikes for myself and my fiance.
I'm hoping to loose more weight and gain better fitness... and maybe cut down car use if at all possible....even in winter. And enjoy the world, of course.
I'm also hoping to learn a few bike repair tips, tool advice... you get the idea.
Happy to be here!
08-14-13 | 11:29 AM
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covered in cat fur
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From: Willkes-Barre, PA
Bikes: Papillionaire Sommer, '85 Schwinn World Tourist, 2014 Windsor Kensington 8, SixThreeZero SS Cruiser
Thanks.
None of them are new, heh, but most of them work!
That third one is part of why I joined.
None of them are new, heh, but most of them work!
That third one is part of why I joined.
08-14-13 | 11:51 AM
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From: Tixkokob, Yucatán, México
Bikes: 79 Trek 930, 80 Trek 414, 84 Schwinn Letour Luxe (coupled), 92 Schwinn Paramount PDG 5
08-14-13 | 12:08 PM
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From: 25 miles northwest of Boston
Bikes: Bottecchia Sprint, GT Timberline 29r, Marin Muirwoods 29er, Trek FX Alpha 7.0
welcome, what are you a musician? that's what my Grandpa used to say when I started growing my hair long in the '70s
08-14-13 | 07:37 PM
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From: Adirondack area of NY
Bikes: Trek Multitrack 720
You mean you don't shave all your hair! Some bikers do to save a 100 grams??? Welcome, long haired hippy. I'm a long haired hippy, at heart. And, I found I love working on bicycles. Gotta wonder about your user name
See you in the forums.
See you in the forums.
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08-15-13 | 06:55 PM
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From: Willkes-Barre, PA
Bikes: Papillionaire Sommer, '85 Schwinn World Tourist, 2014 Windsor Kensington 8, SixThreeZero SS Cruiser
Man, I WISH I lived in one of those hippy places. I have been to Ithaca before though.. very nice place. The name fits though... I'd have to braid my hair to get it shorter then hip and... I vote Green, do the three R's (reduce, reuse, recycle), garden and so on. All the good stuff. Oh, and I own three pairs of Birks. I think that throws me safely in the hippy camp even if I missed the 60s by a decade or two.
I wish I was musical. I've tried but although I'm not tone deaf I don't have much of a sense of rhythm.
Bikers really do shave their heads for that reason?? I just bun it up.. gets it up safely and keeps it out of the muck. The user name is an adaptation of Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard's flagship. Pirates are fun and I really liked the Flogging Molly song when I came up with the name years ago.
I wish I was musical. I've tried but although I'm not tone deaf I don't have much of a sense of rhythm.
Bikers really do shave their heads for that reason?? I just bun it up.. gets it up safely and keeps it out of the muck. The user name is an adaptation of Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard's flagship. Pirates are fun and I really liked the Flogging Molly song when I came up with the name years ago.
