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3 July 2024 Alley stepping 4 July 2024 a newly-laced coaster brake Better than fireworks 5 July 2024 e-bike at the Depot The Western Flyer rides again! Things got wild in the 'hood on the 4th! 6 July 2024 Picked a very bad line with Mark - sticky mud Loving all the red-winged blackbirds in town 8 July 2024 Some people rise above the need for a cargo bike 10 July 2024 That first ride on a bike-back-from-the-dead is a pleasure, and this old Western Flyer was even more so. The bike is three years older than I am and its joints creak like mine do, but that all disappears once you get to rolling. Click the pic above for a VERY short video of the first-day ride. Lit and locked The end of a good day! 12 July 2024 (Dallas) Entirely too early for pics   Not a big fan of travel 17 July 2024 (Edward) Hopper on glass Same shoes, different day 19 July 2024 I still remember how to change a spark plug. Woo. (Mesquite Hugger Confessional 1: This one feels like a fail - I had hoped to kick the whol...

I ran across two news articles this week that made me simpleton-on-a-simple-bike happy! Seriously, I am not kidding - heroes and role/roll models! Both articles tell the story of three guys who competed in and completed a 200-mile gravel grind on Walmart beach cruisers. Don't take my word for it, you can read the articles for yourself: Singletracks - They raced (and finished) the 200-mile Unbound gravel race on bikes from Walmart. Outside Magazine: These Guys Finished Unbound Gravel on Beach Cruisers from Walmart See, I didn't make it up! See, I'm not the only dork out there who rides a cheap/simple bike in places where people normally ride expensive/complicated bikes. It's downright exhilarating to find articles like this!  And they didn't do extensive upgrades. They even ran the stock tubes. (But they did add sealer, and all three completed the race without a flat.) I wrote a post about something similar on Mesquite Hugger several years ago. Lubbock on a Bike Jun...