morton
I live for the CABE
I no longer consider myself a cyclist.
Some of you may remember my recent posts offering a ton (literally) of bike stuff. No takers on CABE, but an ad on CL brought a call from someone 3 hours away who made the purchase. It took 2 men with a bit of help from me and my wife and daughter almost 4 hours to load at 16 foot rental box truck. And boy was it loaded…..crammed full of my precious spares, tools, lights, etc. that I had collected over the past 25 years.
I did retain some tires and tubes and 3 bikes (2- 3 speeds and 1- 12 speed) so that I can still ride when able.
I lost my shirt financially on the transaction, but the fellow who bought everything works with youths fixing up bikes for a charitable enterprise, so at least my stuff went to a good “home.”
This was not something I wanted to do but increasing health issues have taken a serious toll on my riding. Five years ago I was doing about 2000 miles a year, but in 2020 so far I’ve done only about 140.
These days 5 miles is an epic journey for which I pay dearly for in pain the next day. Parkinson’s, sciatica, spinal stenosis, multiple hernias, and a weakness in my legs I never felt before are the culprits. Two weeks ago I rode 3 miles, sat down with a class of iced tea and promptly fell asleep for 2 hours!
I always said I wanted to wear out not rust out and now it seems I’m about worn out. I’m a bit surprised it came this early (I’m 73) as I weigh the same as when I graduated from college and played sports and worked out in the gym my entire life.
I’ll still visit CABE from time to time, but won’t have much to post now that I’m not riding or collecting anymore.
Anyway, it’s been a real joy commenting, reading, and learning from CABERS. Many thanks to Scott and the fine people who make this website the best.
My advice to you is listen to Freddie, “…..get on your bikes and ride” as the day may come when you can't.
Note: I was going to put this in the Lounge but annotation indicates the Lounge is for non-bicycle topics.
Some of you may remember my recent posts offering a ton (literally) of bike stuff. No takers on CABE, but an ad on CL brought a call from someone 3 hours away who made the purchase. It took 2 men with a bit of help from me and my wife and daughter almost 4 hours to load at 16 foot rental box truck. And boy was it loaded…..crammed full of my precious spares, tools, lights, etc. that I had collected over the past 25 years.
I did retain some tires and tubes and 3 bikes (2- 3 speeds and 1- 12 speed) so that I can still ride when able.
I lost my shirt financially on the transaction, but the fellow who bought everything works with youths fixing up bikes for a charitable enterprise, so at least my stuff went to a good “home.”
This was not something I wanted to do but increasing health issues have taken a serious toll on my riding. Five years ago I was doing about 2000 miles a year, but in 2020 so far I’ve done only about 140.
These days 5 miles is an epic journey for which I pay dearly for in pain the next day. Parkinson’s, sciatica, spinal stenosis, multiple hernias, and a weakness in my legs I never felt before are the culprits. Two weeks ago I rode 3 miles, sat down with a class of iced tea and promptly fell asleep for 2 hours!
I always said I wanted to wear out not rust out and now it seems I’m about worn out. I’m a bit surprised it came this early (I’m 73) as I weigh the same as when I graduated from college and played sports and worked out in the gym my entire life.
I’ll still visit CABE from time to time, but won’t have much to post now that I’m not riding or collecting anymore.
Anyway, it’s been a real joy commenting, reading, and learning from CABERS. Many thanks to Scott and the fine people who make this website the best.
My advice to you is listen to Freddie, “…..get on your bikes and ride” as the day may come when you can't.
Note: I was going to put this in the Lounge but annotation indicates the Lounge is for non-bicycle topics.