Tag Archives: Thoreau
How to spend as little of your own money on a new bicycle as possible
Don’t spend any money Walking is about as close to free transportation as it gets. If it was good enough for Thoreau… Don’t buy a new bicycle Can you adjust brakes and gears? Overhaul bearings? Recognize frame and wheel defects? … Continue reading
Posted in Equipment, Other bicycles
Tagged bicycle shop, craigslist, discount store bicycle, free, how to, money, new bicycle, Thoreau, tricycle, walking
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Remembering a two-speed bicycling past
In retrospect, I can see that each of the first few bicycles I owned represented yet another step toward the pinnacle of bicycledom, the Motobecane Team Champion. The very first machine was a dark-blue, solid-tired convertible (removable top tube). The … Continue reading
Posted in Equipment, History, Other bicycles
Tagged Bendix, kickback, Motobecane, SC2, Schwinn, solid tire, Sturmey-Archer, Thoreau, two-speed hub
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