Hi there. I'm super-new to all of this and still kind of overwhelmed by how hard I have fallen for this new hobby in such a short time, so please bear with me...
My name is Darren. I live in a small town in Southeastern Ontario. I'm a Dad of four and a stone's throw away from middle age. Due to the financial constraints of the real world, I had long ago abandoned the hope of a hobby that involved any 'toys' of a personal nature, or to be honest any hobby that I could share with my kids (first person shooter games and Japanese cartoons with odd character names aren't exactly my cup of tea). That is until this very week....
Through an extremely accidental yet fortuitous series of events I happened onto the weblog of xddorox from this forum. The inspiration gleaned from his pages led me to eye up a couple of used bicycles on the way home last night and some friendly correspondence with Gerry led me to this forum, so here I am.
I am thoroughly enjoying reading the posts and marvelling at the photos, but obviously creations like you folks have are far beyond me at this point. My initial goal is to get these recent finds into rideable condition for my girls, and hopefully one day I'll be able to attempt my own Rat. For the time being I am amazed at the satisfaction of spending my free time puttering around dismantling, cleaning, planning etc. instead of watching television endlessly. It truly made me feel like I was 13 again messing about with my Supercycle, hence my username.
My apologies for the over-wordy introduction. I look forward to gaining much insight from this group and spending some enjoyable time here.
My name is Darren. I live in a small town in Southeastern Ontario. I'm a Dad of four and a stone's throw away from middle age. Due to the financial constraints of the real world, I had long ago abandoned the hope of a hobby that involved any 'toys' of a personal nature, or to be honest any hobby that I could share with my kids (first person shooter games and Japanese cartoons with odd character names aren't exactly my cup of tea). That is until this very week....
Through an extremely accidental yet fortuitous series of events I happened onto the weblog of xddorox from this forum. The inspiration gleaned from his pages led me to eye up a couple of used bicycles on the way home last night and some friendly correspondence with Gerry led me to this forum, so here I am.
I am thoroughly enjoying reading the posts and marvelling at the photos, but obviously creations like you folks have are far beyond me at this point. My initial goal is to get these recent finds into rideable condition for my girls, and hopefully one day I'll be able to attempt my own Rat. For the time being I am amazed at the satisfaction of spending my free time puttering around dismantling, cleaning, planning etc. instead of watching television endlessly. It truly made me feel like I was 13 again messing about with my Supercycle, hence my username.
My apologies for the over-wordy introduction. I look forward to gaining much insight from this group and spending some enjoyable time here.
