Mundane Thoughts or Comments

[GGJaguar]

It is impossible to achieve the aim without suffering.

 

[Guildedagain]

Never Armorall your motorcycle seat.

Or the tires!

top tube shifters on bikes to be too dangerous and Schwinn discontinued making them in 1974.

That stick shift was kind of a ball buster.

Ralph Nader saw to it that boys ability to go on and father children was safeguarded by moving the shifter to the handlebar ;]

 

[Opsimath]

Or the tires!

Or your brake pedal. (Ask me how I know.)

 

[gjmalcyon]

Those first generation 10-speeds from the early '70's had stem-mounted shifters that would impale your junk in a sudden deceleration event if you happened to be in the wrong gear.



My two buddies had Schwinn Continentals like the above (so heavy they must have made gas pipe) with those shifters.

My "made in Austria" Sears piece o' crap had them too. My bike finally succumbed during a spirited game of bicycle soccer - I taco'd the front wheel and finished the job by stomping it into oblivion.

 

[Opsimath]

Those first generation 10-speeds from the early '70's had stem-mounted shifters that would impale your junk in a sudden deceleration event if you happened to be in the wrong gear.



My two buddies had Schwinn Continentals like the above (so heavy they must have made gas pipe) with those shifters.

My "made in Austria" Sears piece o' crap had them too. My bike finally succumbed during a spirited game of bicycle soccer - I taco'd the front wheel and finished the job by stomping it into oblivion.

Bicycle soccer?

 

[JohnW63]

I imagine it involves a parking lot rather than a field to run around in

 

[spoox]

I was playing my black D 212 on the front steps today when two of the local crows showed up looking around the area where I normally leave treats for them. I told them "Hold on!" and ran inside to get them some walnuts. The sentinel crow had a slightly injured wing
but could still fly with some effort. Later my Manx Glashtyn caught a mouse and was running around the living room with it. I told him to get to the kitchen and I would give him canned food in exchange for his prey. He didn't let me take it until I showed him the can.
I then put the corpse out for the crows. And I just watched the Rick & Morty "Two Crows" episode on Adult Swim.
There's a pattern here...hmm...

 

[Opsimath]

It was a bit lacking in form, but I can still turn a cartwheel! But only to the left. Never could do a right handed cartwheel.

 

[gjmalcyon]

It was a bit lacking in form, but I can still turn a cartwheel! But only to the left. Never could do a right handed cartwheel.

Video or it never happened.

Just sayin'.

 

[walrus]

No video available, but I learned how to ride a unicycle when I was a kid. I would be too afraid I'd get hurt to try one now, even though they say you never forget (like riding a bike).

walrus

 

[Opsimath]

No video available, but I learned how to ride a unicycle when I was a kid. I would be too afraid I'd get hurt to try one now, even though they say you never forget (like riding a bike).

walrus

Training wheels!

 

[Teleguy61]

I like chopped onions instead of relish but yeah no ketchup…
Except, I have been known to sneak it on. I make a loaded dog with a meat sauce that is basically medium chili where ketchup takes the place of tomatoes.

Or--

Rhode Island Food Lore: The New York System Wiener - New England Historical Society

The New York System wiener has more to do with Rhode Island than New York. Now a meal of the distinctive hot dog is a must for returning natives.

www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com

 

[walrus]

Training wheels!

LMAO! I could have used those! I destroyed my first one leaning how to ride it!

walrus

 

[Opsimath]

I believe they would be of minimal assistance.

Our next door neighbor was so good on a unicycle she rode it with the rest of us on bicycles. My mom, at around 35 or so, wanted to try it so she used our chain link fence to hold onto and get on, then pushed off from the fence to get going. You likely see where this is going. The problem was when she pushed off she failed to pedal.

 

[walrus]

I believe they would be of minimal assistance.

Our next door neighbor was so good on a unicycle she rode it with the rest of us on bicycles. My mom, at around 35 or so, wanted to try it so she used our chain link fence to hold onto and get on, then pushed off from the fence to get going. You likely see where this is going. The problem was when she pushed off she failed to pedal.

Your mom sounds great! It's better for a young person to learn, if only because of the number of times you fall at first! Things like going down a steep driveway, etc. are really tricky.

walrus

 

[GGJaguar]

Training wheels!

When I worked in a Schwinn shop, we would occasionally sell a unicycle (Schwinn made 2 models back then). Schwinn had very strict rules that we had to follow and one of them was that every new bike had to be test ridden before the customer took ownership of it. We had one mechanic who could ride one so he got that task and we'd watch as he did his "10-point" check or whatever it was. When he quit his job we were a little freaked out about who was going to do the unicycle test rides. Amazingly, we never sold another unicycle after he left, much to our relief.

 

[Guildedagain]

My two buddies had Schwinn Continentals like the above (so heavy they must have made gas pipe) with those shifters.

I put the best miles ever on a borrowed 70's yellow continental, actually proceeded to blow away road riders with it, like having to wait for them on hilltops, and it could handle mountain trails, TOUGH rims, Schwinn tubular.

Even the kids bikes weighed 40 lbs back then.

Handle bar shifters aren't any more dangerous than the gooseneck itself, you do not want to make contact.

 

[Opsimath]

Your mom sounds great! It's better for a young person to learn, if only because of the number of times you fall at first! Things like going down a steep driveway, etc. are really tricky.

walrus

Yeah, my mom is pretty great. I think that's probably where I get my "I can do that" (even though I shouldn't) attitude. A few years ago at 80-something she was on the roof getting leaves off. Sis and I told her not to do that again! On the other hand, when someone needs to get on the roof around here, it's me who goes up there.

 

[Opsimath]

I put the best miles ever on a borrowed 70's yellow continental, actually proceeded to blow away road riders with it, like having to wait for them on hilltops, and it could handle mountain trails, TOUGH rims, Schwinn tubular.

Even the kids bikes weighed 40 lbs back then.

Handle bar shifters aren't any more dangerous than the gooseneck itself, you do not want to make contact.

I never understood why boys' bikes had the bar.

 

[GGJaguar]

I never understood why boys' bikes had the bar.

It makes for a stronger frame.