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Taking a photo of a watermelon near the river. |
Taking a break from serious riding I spent yesterday gathering photos for Bicycle Ride & Seek, a game we play on FaceBook. July's Challenge seems a bit heavy on my fast bikes so I used my less expensive and more camera friendly bicycles for the remaining photos. I rode over 12 miles on these fine machines.
The 1977 Raleigh Grand Prix Mixte
I found this at Wal-Mart. Not inside. On the bike rack literally rotting. Tires where flat and shredded off. It was there a few months. I gave it time and then picked up with the Burley trailer and brought it home. Originally, it was equipped with drop bars for a women's racing bike. After a season or a few rides I decided to replace those bars for something more comfortable. Then my son rode it off a curb and destroyed the rear wheel. So another year in the shed before I replaced the 5-speed rear wheel with a 6-speed 27" wheel. It has Raleigh derailleurs with shifters on the downtubes. The front shifts the opposite way a "normal" or latest shifters move. Wierd? Quick release hubs. I use it for casual riding, neighborhood trips. I once rode it to Cumming with Mary. I also used it on the NBB Cruiser Century in 2013.
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At Iowa's Capital Building. Photo of a water fountain. |
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Photo of an elevator. red thing is a Dora the Explorer toy. |
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Photo of a POTUS name that is something other than a street sign. Lincoln with his son on the Capital grounds. |
Sears Women's Bike
This bike was a garage sale find. $15 I think. All I had to do was to air up the tires. Long term project. I once rode it to Tacopocalypse. It has been sitting outside by my shed. Yesterday was it's first voyage in 2014.
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Rose Manor on Scott Ave. Needed a photo of a green door. Originally,, had photographed the raleigh in front of the Continental for 3 green doors but the photo was crap, too much flash. |
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The Watermelon Series. Part of the July Challenge was to take a picture of a bike and watermelon by a lake or river. I planned to slice the melon up but the river area is too icky right now. |
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Flood mud.
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Mongoose Dolomite
To complete Cheap Bike Saturday I rode my most expensive cheap bike. I paid $225 for this machine. New and free shipping. I took it out at night on a quest for food. No photo of that ride exists so I used the Lorax shot.
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