I love this bike. Here we are in happier times
I replaced her two years ago with the newer model. There is a joke here about wives but I will leave it to the readers imagination. So for two years she has sat in my garage and I felt that it was time to give her a new home.
The newer model will also be sold this year, I don't have nearly the same emotional attachments to that bike. Somebody just needs to cart it away. I will be replacing that bike with a lighter Cross Country bike that will not tempt me into doing things like the picture above.
I will end with a quote by Thoreau “There is no remedy for love but to love more.” So I will go and find a new bike, one that I can love again to erase the pain of seeing this one go.
Goodbye dear friend.
4 comments:
It is a love affair for the ages. I am thrilled that I am loved as much (or maybe slightly more) than biking. I am not sure many women could say the same . . .
I know I am bike-illiterate, but is that top picture seriously the one you put on e-bay? You sell the bike with no tires or handlebars? Seriously!? I have to say, looking at it in that form, I can't empathize with your attachment.
I seriously sold that frame for 500 bucks on eBay in about 6 minutes. If you can't see the value then you are the guy that Walmart is looking for, $150 for a complete bike that weighs 50lbs and would fall apart in one day of riding.
You know, I'm somewhat bike illiterate myself but that was a truly touching post! Thanks for the view into your heart Mark! (He, he, he.)
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