This polaroid was me with my first road bike. I appreciate how it looks a bit like a mug shot but this was the victory podium for the first time that I raced a bike. It was for a community event called a bike-a-thon. I think it was 1979 and I had just purchased that bike with paper route monies.
It was about a 7 mile race. We had to pick up a dry pinto bean out of a can at the turn around point of the course to prove that we had been the full distance. I won. This bike took me on many adventures for the next several years. I didn't replace it until I was a sophomore in college and working at a bike shop.
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I can't decide whether I like the tube socks best, or the "mulies"?
Naw, I'm goin' with the Mother Karen...
My vote is for the tube sox.
Grr tiger.
I really love this picture Brent. It reminds of my mis-spent youth on a bicycle.
Love the socks. Are they tucked in? That's good for aerodynamics. I could use a lesson.
If you are selling limited edition posters of that photo...I want one.
since everyone is caught up in the fashion here. No, the pants are not tucked in. The "sweats were just short" How about the vintage Nike Cortez canvas not leather and the leather work gloves. I probably had to go out to pick up hay after the race.
The lugged Centurion - She's a beauty. I really, really dig the metallic spoke protector and the kick stand. Grant Peterson would grin from ear to ear if he saw your saddle height to bar height relationship. Nice work. The large frame reminds me of when my mom would buy me shoes (I mean, $12 Prowings. Are those still classified as shoes?) that were a size too big so I had room to grow.
Please tell me those are Mafacs.
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