New Bicycle, Old Bicycle

Well, just about a month ago I purchased a comfort bike. Since I can't find any pictures of it on Google Images, I will just have to describe it. It is a comfort bike, having 700 cm wheels. Possessing seven speeds only, I needed to take it into Recycled Cycles to have them put on a new rear gear cluster that will handle hills more capably. I also transferred the pedals, saddle and saddle post from the Autobike. So far, I have very much enjoyed riding this bike. With the Autobike, I had gotten out of the habit of shifting a derailleur, so I am doing OK with that now.



I have used the new bike to do a little change of scenery. I have ridden uphill on the Cedar River Trail from Renton up toward Maple Valley. And though much of the trail parallels the Maple Valley Highway, which has excessive traffic noise, the scenery is nice.

The old bicycle reference is to the bicycle my late ex-brother-in-law owned. In the past ten years, that poor old bike has followed me from Seattle to Lansing, from Lansing back to Seattle, then from Seattle to San Bernardino, and now has returned back here. One sad aspect of that story is that I never rode that bicycle once in all the time I have owned it. Another sad aspect is the poor old thing has gotten banged up a bit in all the moves. I think that when it was leaned over in storage, I even stepped on the rear wheel, and bent it. So the old bike is one of my new projects. I am going to see what it takes to restore it and ride it.

Then perhaps I'll finally get rid of the other two old bikes that I own.

Mercy, I am such a clutterer/hoarder.