piercer_99
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
So I was kind of mourning the loss of a bike. I shouldn't I sold it to someone who really wanted it, and I hadn't been riding it enough to justify keeping it.
Well, when in mourning, you look at other bikes, at least I do. So I browsed the facebook marketplace, meh. Throw the parameters way out, just pick a city and give a hundred mile radius. Saw some cool old bicycles, but they were really fond of them. Got bored quickly, so went to craigslist, dfw market, meh, nothing. Start looking at other cities in the sidebar, ok, lets try cities within 150 miles Alex.
Once again, not a lot that raised my eyebrows. Throw the gamut wider, 250 miles, once again, a couple, but they are really proud of them, and I can't justify dropping 500 on a rusted bike. Add another 50 miles and what have we here dear? A pretty one. I send out an email to see if it is still available, then show the ad to my bride, Karen. She really likes pretty bikes. Once she saw it, she said she wanted it. Winning! Now if only I can hear back and it is still there (never mind it is 297 miles from the house, whatevs.
Check the email the next day, nothing yet. Check the ad, well refresh it as I didn't close it, because if I close it, it may be gone forever. Anyway, now there is a phone number also. So, I call. It's there.
That was last Tuesday, I had to work everynight that week so I couldn't jet for the almost 600 mile round trip until the weekend. What to do??? I asked him if he would take paypal, or a wire transfer, he was hesitant. I asked if he would take half the money, in a money order, overnighted to him. He needs to think about it, calls me back an hour later and asks if I am serious. Yeah buddy, I am dead serious, my bride wants a new old pretty bike. Mind you now, only the non drive side of the bike was in the photos, so I can only hope the other side is nice. Anyway, he says yes, I get the money order, overnight it and start planning for the Saturday trip to Northeast Oklahoma.
We make the drive, get to his house, and he isn't there. He does show up, had to work late, so we added another 47 minutes to our trip, waiting.
Anyway, finally got to see it, hurriedly loaded it on the rack, strapped it in safely and got the hell out of there as fast as possible, knowing I basically just stole a bike, because there is no way he is going to let me have it for what he asked for it. Reality check, I didn't steal it, he just sold it for way to little money, in my opinion, but I am not going to look a gift Oklahoman in the mouth.
So, I took a few photos of it loaded up, then some more at the gas stops on the way home, then some more at home. It is beautiful. Needs a little work, the original tires are shot, the original paint is not. Here are the first 10 photos.
Well, when in mourning, you look at other bikes, at least I do. So I browsed the facebook marketplace, meh. Throw the parameters way out, just pick a city and give a hundred mile radius. Saw some cool old bicycles, but they were really fond of them. Got bored quickly, so went to craigslist, dfw market, meh, nothing. Start looking at other cities in the sidebar, ok, lets try cities within 150 miles Alex.
Once again, not a lot that raised my eyebrows. Throw the gamut wider, 250 miles, once again, a couple, but they are really proud of them, and I can't justify dropping 500 on a rusted bike. Add another 50 miles and what have we here dear? A pretty one. I send out an email to see if it is still available, then show the ad to my bride, Karen. She really likes pretty bikes. Once she saw it, she said she wanted it. Winning! Now if only I can hear back and it is still there (never mind it is 297 miles from the house, whatevs.
Check the email the next day, nothing yet. Check the ad, well refresh it as I didn't close it, because if I close it, it may be gone forever. Anyway, now there is a phone number also. So, I call. It's there.
That was last Tuesday, I had to work everynight that week so I couldn't jet for the almost 600 mile round trip until the weekend. What to do??? I asked him if he would take paypal, or a wire transfer, he was hesitant. I asked if he would take half the money, in a money order, overnighted to him. He needs to think about it, calls me back an hour later and asks if I am serious. Yeah buddy, I am dead serious, my bride wants a new old pretty bike. Mind you now, only the non drive side of the bike was in the photos, so I can only hope the other side is nice. Anyway, he says yes, I get the money order, overnight it and start planning for the Saturday trip to Northeast Oklahoma.
We make the drive, get to his house, and he isn't there. He does show up, had to work late, so we added another 47 minutes to our trip, waiting.
Anyway, finally got to see it, hurriedly loaded it on the rack, strapped it in safely and got the hell out of there as fast as possible, knowing I basically just stole a bike, because there is no way he is going to let me have it for what he asked for it. Reality check, I didn't steal it, he just sold it for way to little money, in my opinion, but I am not going to look a gift Oklahoman in the mouth.
So, I took a few photos of it loaded up, then some more at the gas stops on the way home, then some more at home. It is beautiful. Needs a little work, the original tires are shot, the original paint is not. Here are the first 10 photos.