Zoomin' around on the ebike yesterday doin' not much other'n trying to dodge the occasional rain shower, for some reason I decided to stop by a local flea market - one I normally avoid as there's not much interesting there & what there is tends to cost waaaay more than it outa *shrug*
'Cept this time it seems as I spotted a suspicious springy seat peepin' out of a pile, so I wandered o'er to see & sure enough there was an old Elgin attached to it, fatty fendered, skiptoothed & all! Covered in neglect & house paint it was missing it's pedals, fork struts, dropstand, headlight, tank & rack, but the frame solid & fenders surprisingly intact and unsmashed - I figured I might as well ask & see what they wanted for it.
...and ended up transporting a bicycle with a bicycle all the way home again lol, which as many here prolly know, isn't as hard as it sounds. The tires flatter than month old roadkill, I tied off the Elgin's front wheel to it's down tube to keep it from flopping about, attached my duffel bag's shoulder strap to the neck & seat post & hoisted it up with the handlebar resting on my ebike's rack - hit the throttle & I was off, I wasn't leaving this 'un behind.
As I rode, I couldn't help but think what an interesting contrast the two bikes provided, the 70 year old crusty cruiser alongside my brandy new high tech ebike & chuckled, as did everyone I passed and every car that passed me the entire ten mile trip back, I'd have gotten riled by all the attention if it wasn't for the big smiles & thumbs up - I dunno which they liked more, the ol' bike or they way it was being transported.
Ofc, though I'd been riding all day and had successfully managed to avoid the scattered showers - this time not only did I get caught it rained buckets, then stopped mere moments after I got home, as is the way of some summertime thunderboomers *shrug* It was a warm rain though so I enjoyed it & best yet it rinsed a good buncha the funk off'n the Elgin for me... not nearly all of it, but a goodly amount;
No ider what I'm gonna do with the thing as of yet, I'm just pleased it's tucked away safe & keepin the Rollfast & Stokvis company in the "ol' folks" corner of my shop lol
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