I've been searching for a comuter bike for awhile. I have this grand idea of the perfect bike.
heavy enough so it doesn't rattle my insides when i ride it, internal gear hub, racks, upright dutch style ridding, disk brakes, pref. vintage or vintage looking!!
my dream bike doesn't really exist. or at least i don't know enough about bikes to find/make my dream bike. the important part of the bike is style...yes rideablity (rideablity = v-ronism = not in the dictionary) is important too but style is the key. im really into the vintage dutch style bikes. they just look so cool! they scream out "HEY ! look at me i'm carefree and have all the time in the world!" can't wait till i get one in my hands.
so i was so happy to see this beauty listed on craigslist last night
it's a 3 speed raleigh tourist. i have no idea what year it is but i suspect it is late 70's early 80's that is just from doing a little bit of digging around on the web. i just hope my little legs are long enough for the pedals. this is some info i pulled from the wonderful interweb. this is from raleigh catalog off of sheldonbrown.com
don't hurt ur eyes... click on the pic silly!
the difference is that this catalog list the finish as high gloss black and the craigslist post says that the bike is green so i assume they are not the same year. either way the good new is that the ladies frame list only one size.. so does that mean that it is one size fits all (^+^). I emailed the CLposter last night and he said i should call him after 2pm today. so that is what i am doing.
waiting.......waiting..............waiting
peace - Vron out!
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