Hi Dave-
A little belated welcome I guess. I don't check the intros every single day....
Welcome from New London! We do all kinds of fun stuff down here with bikes and will be glad to meet up with you at some of our events this coming year.
Glad to see yet another CT guy on here. If you feel like coming down for a ride, a bike build, or a beer, you are always welcome.
You can check out what we're up to (which is nothin' till March or April...) at our website here:
http://www.bareiss.net/bikeride.html
I mainly restore Schwinns, with Stingrays of all types being my favorites. Also have a few of my bikes listed for sale here:
http://www.bareiss.net/bikesale.html
But as a lot of the other guys here know, I have piles and piles of parts and pieces and frames and so on for sale, and a lot of times I just give away stuff to people who come over to hang out and talk bikes.
I am also involved in Bike New London which is an advocacy group- we work with the town to improve facilities for cycling (signs, routes, racks, etc) and we are starting a Bike Share program in town in 2010.... we always can use donations or help for our build days as well as bikes. Now you know what to do with old cheap mountain bikes!
Our different groups will be riding some of the area bike trails as well as street routes in the New London area. You can email me to check out what's going on at
[email protected] or call (860) 912 6882.
--Rob