The Carolina Rambler
Finally riding a big boys bike
Hello everyone! I don't know how many of yall go to Wal-mart from time to time. I tend to go every once in a while for this or that, and when I do I always go and check the Garden Center and look around, and the bicycle department. Although I wouldn't really think about buying a new bike, being a vintage bicycle enthusiast, it is still fun to go and see the new bikes that are available these days. When I went there and looked today, there was not a one bike on that rack! Usually, there are nearly 100 bikes on the rack, and sales are steady but fairly slow compared to a lot of other things. And yes, there are still assemblers, and there are still shipments coming in. This is North Carolina, and unfortunately, for the most part, there is very little bicycle riding of any kind that goes on, especially outside of cities like Raleigh or Charlotte or the beach. People around here usually buy their child a bike, the child rides it for a day or two up around the block or yard, its sits in the garage for a few years, then gets scrapped, donated, or set out on the curb. Most of the time, I am the only one riding on my old bikes around my town, even in good weather. I just could not believe how many were sold, more demand than supply, this is unprecedented in these parts, the Walmart employees agree when I talked with them, and I would have sooner reckoned to see this in California or New York City or somewhere in China! Have yall seen this happen around where you live, where did they all go?
Here's how it normally looks, as you can see, bikes on top of one another:
And here it is today!
Here's how it normally looks, as you can see, bikes on top of one another:
And here it is today!