840 minutes of my life reclaimed (annually)
So a couple weeks ago, while walking with K. I stopped by Vinnie’s Bike Sale. We were looking for a bike with brakes, gears, an character for K. to ride, since Madison’s hill(s), the one up to Capitol Square (where K. works) is unfriendly to her Schwinn. While we didn’t find something for her, I spied exactly what I had been looking for myself—a bike without the weight and heavy treads of my Giant Yukon mountain bike: a circa 1977, Schwinn Super Le Tour 12.2.
I figure that during the roughly six months of the year I can ride this bike to campus, I’ll save about 14 hours on my commuting time. Sure, that may only be a couple days worth of work, but then I figure I can use the time to put a conference paper or two together. Besides, I feel like a “cutter.”
Do you go off sweet jumps with that thing?
Comment by T_Laq — October 11, 2006 @ 12:07 am
I think the derailleur would drop off if I hit any jumps. But this baby’s fast!
The only complaint I have is that switching gears is a bit sketchy; you have to find the sweet spot for each gear, whereas today’s gears all seem to be the trigger-the-switch-once-to-move-to-the-next-gear.
Comment by Rick — October 11, 2006 @ 11:44 am