Simpler times…

By blackmountaincycles,

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This came across my email this morning.  My first thoughts were that this was a time when you didn’t worry about whether you could run your newest wheelset tubeless.  You didn’t spend countless hours asking on-line if the gearing on your next bike should be 3×10 or 2×10 or whether the gearing was low enough for your 29″er.  You didn’t get scowled at for riding without a helmet by the helmeted ones. 
Nope, you just got on your bike and rode the damn thing. 
Hmmm, maybe that Murray Baja could be converted to 650b.  Seems to be a lot of clearance.  I think I’ll go ask the forum experts…
(What’s playing:  John Lee Hooker The Waterfront)

0 responses to “Simpler times…”

  1. Collin says:

    It reminds of when you went to the bike shop and just…..bought a bike. No one asked you "What type of rider are you? XC? Downhill?"

  2. Brad Mitchell says:

    That is AWESOME. Reminds me of my '83 Miyata Terra Runner that I ride every single day 🙂

  3. Oli says:

    You have summed up the zeitgeist perfectly, Mike.

  4. Tim Joe says:

    Life is really weird. The other day I was trying to remember and describe to my young friend Gypsy By Trade the Anti-Schwinn Stingray. The early Schwinns had curved top tubes but the other, "tougher" stingrays had straight tubes and and I couldn't remember the brand until this post of yours. They were Murrays and I swear they were called Mustangs but I can't find anything to back this up, because I didn't look. But thanks.

  5. Velosopher says:

    I'll never forget my first solo ride to the park on my hand-me-down candy-apple-red two-wheeler. I have no idea of make, model, tire size, or saddle setback. I do remember that a friend's mom saw me there and complimented me on riding without training wheels. Don't think I've been prouder in the 40 years since.

  6. ol'grumpy says:

    If it weren't for the "pro level" canti brakes, then you could totally convert that thing to 27.5"! Well you probably still could, just use some pro level linear pull jobbies…

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