Riding a Mid-70's Single Speed Bicycle

[BC38]

Compared to the seat on my regular bike, that is a wider seat.


Then again, I'm 5'8" 160 pounds and my wife tells me that I have no butt.

So then you have that "old man affliction"? Otherwise known as "noassatall"?

Not a condition I have personally had to deal with, but one that I understand is pretty common among senior males

 

[TheHobbyist]

That's really good exercise and one heck of a workout on the bike.

Cool to relive memories and make new ones too.


ETA: That Gary Fischer bike is sweet. A more elegant bike, from a more civilized age.

 

[Warren Sear]

I have my mother's old Schwinn bike from 1955. It works perfectly. It is too small for me, but I ride it sometimes anyway.

She always kept it in the garage.

 

[Peak53]

Snubby, you've made me feel old! I had that bike in the 60's but mine was black. Rode it all over Colorado Springs, which isn't all that flat. A good bike was the key to independence before the car keys arrived.

 

[Golddollar]

So then you have that "old man affliction"? Otherwise known as "noassatall"?

Not a condition I have personally had to deal with, but one that I understand is pretty common among senior males

How do you go about contracting it?

 

[RobertJ.]

Nice bike!

My beach cruiser has the look of a single-speed, but it's actually a three-speed automatic. I don't go on any strenuous rides, though, it's mainly for our 1.5-mile boardwalk.

 

[snubbyfan]

So then you have that "old man affliction"? Otherwise known as "noassatall"?

Not a condition I have personally had to deal with, but one that I understand is pretty common among senior males

I still have enough to hold up my trousers. Don't need suspenders yet...

 

[snubbyfan]

That's really good exercise and one heck of a workout on the bike.

Cool to relive memories and make new ones too.


ETA: That Gary Fischer bike is sweet. A more elegant bike, from a more civilized age.

I built the Gary Fisher from a bare frame back in the 90's. The idea was to have a bike that was light enough to ride up a mountain and tough enough to fall off the other side.


Now it still makes a good bike for the area mountain trails.

 

[snubbyfan]

Snubby, you've made me feel old! I had that bike in the 60's but mine was black. Rode it all over Colorado Springs, which isn't all that flat. A good bike was the key to independence before the car keys arrived.

I had a Sears 5 speed. Rode that bike until the frame broke.

 

[snubbyfan]

How do you go about contracting it?

Mine started when I lost over 90 pounds....

 

[BC38]

How do you go about contracting it?

I'm not completely sure - since I've never had it.
But I think that for most guys it it has something to do with age...

 

[BC38]

I had a Sears 5 speed. Rode that bike until the frame broke.

LOL, my very first brand new bike was from Sears. Must've been about 1969 or 1970.
It was a single-speed 20" with a banana seat, sissy bar, and ape-hanger handlebars.
Man o man, did I ever think I was COOL riding that one around the neighborhood!