weekend ride reports?
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Matt Pendergast


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From: North Bend, Washington State
Bikes: 1937 Hobbs; 1977 Bruce Gordon; 1987 Bill Holland; 1988 Schwinn Paramount (Fixed gear); 1999 Fat City Yo Eddy (MTB); 2018 Woodrup (Touring) 2016 Ritchey breakaway
weekend ride reports?
Here's mine:
I'm a newcomer to fixed gear riding. Going on week 3. Saturday was my most ambitious so far, riding a 78 mile loop from North Bend to Woodinville. My inital plan was to turn around at Carnation but it was such a nice day I kept extending the turnaround point finally deciding on Woodinville when I got a call from my wife asking where I was. Riding home, I found myself thinking about climbing the Snoqualmie Falls hill on a 74 inch gear, worrying if I'd have the gas to get up it smoothly with cars whizzing close by. It turned out to be much easier than I had anticipated though I was pretty much spent by the time I got home.
Its pretty suprising how riding on a fixed gear makes a very familiar route seem altogether new and challenging.
I'm a newcomer to fixed gear riding. Going on week 3. Saturday was my most ambitious so far, riding a 78 mile loop from North Bend to Woodinville. My inital plan was to turn around at Carnation but it was such a nice day I kept extending the turnaround point finally deciding on Woodinville when I got a call from my wife asking where I was. Riding home, I found myself thinking about climbing the Snoqualmie Falls hill on a 74 inch gear, worrying if I'd have the gas to get up it smoothly with cars whizzing close by. It turned out to be much easier than I had anticipated though I was pretty much spent by the time I got home.
Its pretty suprising how riding on a fixed gear makes a very familiar route seem altogether new and challenging.
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Lanky Lass
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You didn't fix the Bruce Gordon, did you
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Seriously, you managed to get up to Snoq Falls without incident? I don't think it's such a bad climb, but all those tourists are SCARY.
East Hill
?Seriously, you managed to get up to Snoq Falls without incident? I don't think it's such a bad climb, but all those tourists are SCARY.
East Hill
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Matt Pendergast


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From: North Bend, Washington State
Bikes: 1937 Hobbs; 1977 Bruce Gordon; 1987 Bill Holland; 1988 Schwinn Paramount (Fixed gear); 1999 Fat City Yo Eddy (MTB); 2018 Woodrup (Touring) 2016 Ritchey breakaway
Relax EH! BG is still intact but probably to the horror of a few perhaps even yourself, I fixed a paramount:
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Lanky Lass
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From: Take a deep breath, and ask--What would Sheldon do?
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Were the decals already gone when you got it? That's a beautiful colour, by the way. It looks as if you left the important bits on there, so it can always be geared again.
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Matt Pendergast


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From: North Bend, Washington State
Bikes: 1937 Hobbs; 1977 Bruce Gordon; 1987 Bill Holland; 1988 Schwinn Paramount (Fixed gear); 1999 Fat City Yo Eddy (MTB); 2018 Woodrup (Touring) 2016 Ritchey breakaway
The decals are actually all there - light silver. It's an '88 so it has the decals on the seat and head tubes that proclaim "50th annversary". Nothing altered - just a neat way to mothball a classic bike.
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Maybe someday when you come to your senses you can put it back like its supposed to be.
+100 on leaving all the brazeons and cable guides intact. Nice looking ride
+100 on leaving all the brazeons and cable guides intact. Nice looking ride
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(Life is too short to play crappy guitars) 2006 Raleigh Cadent 3.0, 1977 Schwinn Volare, 2010 Windsor tourist. ( I didn't fall , I attacked the floor)
(Life is too short to play crappy guitars) 2006 Raleigh Cadent 3.0, 1977 Schwinn Volare, 2010 Windsor tourist. ( I didn't fall , I attacked the floor)
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From: Take a deep breath, and ask--What would Sheldon do?
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Now that I look more closely, I can just make out the decals. Still a beauty!
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