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the the divine gear one hundredth posting. thanks for reading.
today i'd like to reflect on sentiment, or being sentimental. we are all sentimental to something in our riding lives. be it a piece of clothing, a part, or even a bike. a friend of mine once asked what it would be like if you were to hold onto every bike you've ever owned. forget about the space it takes to store all the bikes, and the money that we may need when we sell them. what would your stable look like?
a ninety seven trek eight thousand; bright yellow (my first real mountain bike)
a ninety eight/nine trek two thousand road bike (my first road bike- that i had a bigger cass put on, because i was such a hammer back then)
a two thousand moots ybb
a voodoo nzumbi (my first single speed that started the addiction)
a two thousand and one lemond charmbery
a something trek x o one
a vicious slider (i set this up as a single speed c-cross, that was pain)
a two thousand and five moots smoothie
a two thousand and five vicious warrior
a two thousand and four surly steamroller (first fixie)
a two thousand and six vicious monolith
what a list of mine. i contemplate this as my stable becomes too full, and cash is needed for another toy that is not cycling related. my point is that it sometimes hard to move past these sentimental feelings that we have, but it is necessary to move forward. creator willing...you don't drive looking in your rear view mirror, but looking forward.
what would your stable look like?
forward i go...
today i'd like to reflect on sentiment, or being sentimental. we are all sentimental to something in our riding lives. be it a piece of clothing, a part, or even a bike. a friend of mine once asked what it would be like if you were to hold onto every bike you've ever owned. forget about the space it takes to store all the bikes, and the money that we may need when we sell them. what would your stable look like?
a ninety seven trek eight thousand; bright yellow (my first real mountain bike)
a ninety eight/nine trek two thousand road bike (my first road bike- that i had a bigger cass put on, because i was such a hammer back then)
a two thousand moots ybb
a voodoo nzumbi (my first single speed that started the addiction)
a two thousand and one lemond charmbery
a something trek x o one
a vicious slider (i set this up as a single speed c-cross, that was pain)
a two thousand and five moots smoothie
a two thousand and five vicious warrior
a two thousand and four surly steamroller (first fixie)
a two thousand and six vicious monolith
what a list of mine. i contemplate this as my stable becomes too full, and cash is needed for another toy that is not cycling related. my point is that it sometimes hard to move past these sentimental feelings that we have, but it is necessary to move forward. creator willing...you don't drive looking in your rear view mirror, but looking forward.
what would your stable look like?
forward i go...
posted by hamad at
Thursday, July 13, 2006
2 Comments:
My stable would not look like that. You have had some nice bikes. Does the more $ a bike cost always equal= more fun?
not really...the lemond cost quite a bit of cash, but i never really had fun on it. it was a great bike, but i never really got into it, or really felt comfortable on it. and the nzumbi was always a kick, and i picked that up for less than five hundred bones, but then i up-graded everything. i have a blast on the fixie. i think it all about the mojo of the bike itself. the bike's spirit, if there is such a thing.
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