Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Everything must go!


It looks like I've sold my last BMX bike. That's three Solids gone in two weeks. It also leaves me with no BMX bike for the first time in 23 years. AND I have to wait until November for the new Heaton II to be available from MacNeil. Roughly two months without a BMX. Nuts. At least I shouldn't injure myself.
Luckily, I have a cruiser until then. Of course, others may deride my ride and call it an "Urban Assault" MTB, but I prefer the label of cruiser. Indeed, it is a 24" wheeled bike with a single speed set up, mostly BMX parts, and rides like a race cruiser. The fact that it also has suspension forks and disc brakes seems to cross some silly, subjective hardcore line, though. No matter: I'm old, and I need my transportation bike with a little boing and to stop NOW when I'm about to get doored. Besides, it has a Gyro, so it is a freestyle bike, right?
The link at the right, BMX vs. MTB, is a conversation about the merging of the two worlds between Robin Coope (Norco trials guru) and me (BMX buffoon). It's Robin's turn to post, and has been for about six weeks!