Hey guys!
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I'm a 17 year old guy living in Silver Spring, Maryland (few minutes outside of DC) who loves bikes. While my bikes tend to stay "stock" or "daily-driveable," I have one or two bikes that exist for no other purpose than to let my imagination soar. My current daily driver is an 80s Bianchi road bike (which I've ridden at 36 mph downhill and 27 mph on level ground) and my rat rod is a Diamondback frame with many aftermarket and reproduction-vintage parts. I'm rebuilding it soon; pics to come.
Much to my parents' displeasure, my collection includes aforementioned 80s Bianchi 27", a Giant Sedona (another daily driver) 26", Miata road bike (late 70s, 80s) 27", an Azuki made for short people 27", a Mongoose Rebel 20", a Mongoose DXR-AL 26", and a Raleigh M-40 26". Nothing really special- with the exception of the Rebel ($130), I haven't more than $15 on a bike.
I a sucker for 27"/300 foreign road bikes. American road bikes from the 70s, 80s, and 90s don't really fit well with me. I worked on a Rawlings road bike from that period and it was laced with problems everywhere. American cruisers are amazing, thought. I'm currently working to get the Diamondback Rat Rod bike to a more usable state, but that requires money that I don't have.
I'll post more as it happens!
[EDIT]
I'm a 17 year old guy living in Silver Spring, Maryland (few minutes outside of DC) who loves bikes. While my bikes tend to stay "stock" or "daily-driveable," I have one or two bikes that exist for no other purpose than to let my imagination soar. My current daily driver is an 80s Bianchi road bike (which I've ridden at 36 mph downhill and 27 mph on level ground) and my rat rod is a Diamondback frame with many aftermarket and reproduction-vintage parts. I'm rebuilding it soon; pics to come.
Much to my parents' displeasure, my collection includes aforementioned 80s Bianchi 27", a Giant Sedona (another daily driver) 26", Miata road bike (late 70s, 80s) 27", an Azuki made for short people 27", a Mongoose Rebel 20", a Mongoose DXR-AL 26", and a Raleigh M-40 26". Nothing really special- with the exception of the Rebel ($130), I haven't more than $15 on a bike.
I a sucker for 27"/300 foreign road bikes. American road bikes from the 70s, 80s, and 90s don't really fit well with me. I worked on a Rawlings road bike from that period and it was laced with problems everywhere. American cruisers are amazing, thought. I'm currently working to get the Diamondback Rat Rod bike to a more usable state, but that requires money that I don't have.
I'll post more as it happens!
