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Originally Posted by cars_willkillyou

85 marukin, and a 92 bianchi. The Bianchi is beautiful. The marukin is the bike i try to get hit by traffic in. It can haul ass when i need it to, and when I need to as well, but its heavy, old, pretty banged up, yet perfectly ride-able and functional. Just has quirks. Like the Millenium Falcon. The Bianchi is a TIE Interceptor. Its small, its quick, and looks amazing.

I used to have a 2004 Canondale hybrid bike. It was a road/dirt bike frame with wide slick tires. I think they were inch and a half wide. But they were slicks, so there werent like and treads. Sorry if my explaination sucks, im blazin right now and pretty tired. I love my Canondale. I rode it everyday when I lived in gainesville. I didnt even drive a car. I rode my bike anywhere I needed to go. I also biked a 70 mile marathon from the University of Miami To Key Largo, which was incredible. Then during my last week gainesville, my bike is stolen from my front porch, which was a bike rack that belonged to the pizza palace that i lived above/worked at/restored. It was locked up. The only way they got it was with some big ass bolt cutters. then they would have to saw off the U-lock that locked the front tire to the frame. It sucked. I loved that bike.

that sucks about your bike. that's what i'm afraid of here in the city.

i used to go to gainesville all the time from 2003 to about 2006. the only good place for shows was there. everything from wayward to common grounds. do you still live there and are you going to the fest?

Specialized Allez Pro 07.

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Originally Posted by uhler

Im not going to the fest. I live in ft lauderdale now, and because of a sudden chain of financial problems, i have canceled all previous plans to visit gainesville.

Tim and Terrys, Market Street Pub, 1982, Lillians, Common Grounds, The Atlantic...then a few houses that are known to throw concerts...Those are where shows happen in gainesville. But gainesville always changes. Most of those places wont exist in another 4 years, then the places that replaced them will be replaced in another 4 years...possibly knocked down.

I want some kind of beach cruiser bike.

A crap heavy useless 'hybrid' for Halfords, until it got nicked 3 weeks ago. I thought I chained it but neither was there when I went back for it.
Part of me quite likes the idea of a motorbike, but then I remember I can't even afford a drum kit.

07 giant cypress st. fancy name for a heavyweight hybrid mtb/road bike. I put some decent tires on it and just ride it about 20 miles a day during the week. hoping to get a true road bike that i can commute with better.

I own a CCM Centennial 1867-1967 Duomatic Cruiser.
It's gold, and is a two speed. Back pedal brake/gear shift.
Interesting bike. smooth ride.

this photo is backwards, so my jazzmaster in the background looks lefty. ugh.

that's the bike i found about a month ago. i still haven't had a chance to fix it up. it needs a new seat, brakes and chain among other things.

i've been using a friends bike for awhile now.

so i finally got the bike above all fixed up. it needed a new chain, front brake (i got the back brake taken off) and wheel. sometime soon i'm going to get a new crank and maybe a new seat post. i had it turned into a freewheel too.