I don't know about the rest of the country but the weather here in Michigan was made for cycling.
A few days of cool rain has given way the warm dry days that lead to fall colors here in the midwest.
Some of the trees are starting to come out with their colors and I stopped a moment to get a shot of these
and was passed by that green dot you see. He was riding a fixie, I judged by lack of a rear brake.
Well, he got away ahead of me while I fiddled with my camera, but I hustled on down the road
so I could see what he was riding.
I wasn't disappointed for my efforts. John is a local who said he rides his fixie 15 miles or so a couple times a week. He doesn't know the brand on the bike but he picked it up at Goodwill for
(are you ready?)
$20.
This can't be real. The only thing he changed since he bought it was the handlebars.
Twenty bucks, you're kidding. The stem is worth twice that.
When he got it he stripped an ugly paint job off but found no original underneath
to tell him what it was.
This interesting lugwork should be a clue to set it in the 60's or 70's but I have never seen anything like it.
Any clues out there?
It feels nearly as light as my Trek with Reynolds tubing.
I still can't get over it, twenty bucks!
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