Sweet! Awesome! Enjoy that bike!
On Apr 21, 8:42 pm, jinxed <hbcl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I work for a shop. > > We sell Trek, Cannondale, BH...lots of carbon. Lots of squishy bikes. > > Being on the A.H.H I am the black sheep. Everyone thinks I'm loony. I > have not purchased anything from our shop besides tubes and tires for > probably 5 years. Nothin we sell really get my blood going, except... > > One day a long time ago, little ol lady brings in a couple bikes that > "We purchased over 20 years ago and hung in the garage." She didnt > want them, and wanted something else. We took them in trade, hooked > her up on a new bike, and the bikes went on display in our store. One > was her small Centurion road bike, full DA. Minty mint condition. The > other was (assuming) her husbands 85? Rock Hopper. Again...minty mint. > Original tires even. I have drooled over the bike since, but felt a > strange "on the fence" pang about it. On one hand, I was happy to see > it displayed proudly and preserved instead of rusting away in a > backyard. On the other it irritated me that it was not be used. > > I have been quite vocal over the years that if it was ever taken off > display to give me opportunity to buy it. > > Today was that day. And the owner told me to just take it home! > > I believe it's an 85 but need to research some more. It was hung in > our rafters, so it was tough to tell what exactly it had on it till it > came down today. Derailleurs are Shimano Deer Head, Mostly Shimano > components: Canti's and levers, Unishift thumb shifters, hubs and > pedals, Avocet Saddle, Specialized cranks, Bullmoose is not labeled, > but I believe Nitto was doing some stuff for the big S. > > Anyway, I removed the dried out tires and threw on some fat IRC Duro > Metro slicks for the time being. I plan to pick up some skinwall MTB > tires, add a Brooks B-17, a big saddle bag, and hit the dirt!! > > Here is a quick phone picture: > > http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5641499223_d5a5004395_b.jpg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
