tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628808254855280975.post4079875851826987266..comments2024-03-17T21:22:01.962-06:00Comments on Big Dummy Daddy: First family bike ride of the yearAndy D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01721273913834541311noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628808254855280975.post-54257538841688130882013-01-22T09:14:32.968-07:002013-01-22T09:14:32.968-07:00I'm going to have to create a line of successi...I'm going to have to create a line of succession for this thing. I was pretty excited about my find, but I had no idea it would stir the interest of anyone else. <br /><br />Maybe I can stoke a bidding war to fund a vacation to Mexico.Andy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721273913834541311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628808254855280975.post-25145504252360459642013-01-22T02:51:22.115-07:002013-01-22T02:51:22.115-07:00If it doesn't work for you and Nick can't ...If it doesn't work for you and Nick can't come up with the money I have family in Denver and they could be there on my behalf, with cash, in < 2hrs. <br />23" sounds perfect. <br /><br />Just saying.bikewriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836168247120514287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628808254855280975.post-2273860288404174662013-01-21T11:21:33.779-07:002013-01-21T11:21:33.779-07:00Good eye, Nicholas. You're telling me these th...Good eye, Nicholas. You're telling me these things are hard to find! Don't I know it. I've been looking for a good one in my size since shortly after I foolishly sold my previous Miyata back in '89. My long lost Miyata has haunted me for decades, even though I'm the poster boy for someone who doesn't need another bike. This bike is indeed a 23"; the biggest they made. I happened upon it within minutes of it being listed and made no delay in going to take a look, cash in hand. <br /><br />With your knowledge and appreciation for these old bikes, you can't truly be as young as you are. A homesick time traveler from the early '80s, perhaps? With all the miles you put on your High Sierra and how your gaze is caught by old mountain bikes, it makes sense that of anyone that I know, you would have accurately assessed this bike. Incidentally, I recall catching a look of knowing approbation on your face of a blue and yellow Nishiki Colorado on the Highline Canal Trail when you were here, a bike that no one else would have given a second glance. You are an aficionado to the core. <br /><br />After years of searching, I'm not quite ready to give this Ridge Runner up for any amount of money just yet, but consider yourself as the successor to this bike in my will. It has your name on it. Rest assured, many pictures are to come.<br /><br />In the mean time, if a 21" will do for you, there's a first year '83 Ridge Runner mismarked as an '84 for sale in Fort Collins. The original parts, including the cool fore-aft adjustable seatpost look to be intact: http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/bik/3498989773.htmlAndy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721273913834541311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628808254855280975.post-1091771914946455122013-01-20T23:31:15.192-07:002013-01-20T23:31:15.192-07:00If that is a large framed Miyata Ridgerunner, I pr...If that is a large framed Miyata Ridgerunner, I promise it's got my name on it. I've been coveting that bike for years, but they are considerably more rare than similar bikes from Specialized, Schwinn, and Univega. I love the simple utilitarian construction, and the 68 (-ish) degree angles. <br /><br />If it's a big frame, I'm offering money for it. Really. But since I don't really need it you can just post some nice pictures of it for me. Please keep my name on it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628808254855280975.post-81558144449112275432013-01-20T09:47:26.059-07:002013-01-20T09:47:26.059-07:00That tire might have been enough alone for me to b...That tire might have been enough alone for me to buy the bike. It's a fat-for-its-era 26 x 2.125" with nice and chunky brick spaced blocks running all the way to the sidewalls, all wrapped into a rounded profile. In my mind, a perfect off road tire. <br /><br />I'm really in a quandary about it though. It's in good shape, considering its age, but it does have cracking on the tread and the sidewalls are pretty dry, though not yet crumbling. I've ridden a few miles on it, but have no plans to put it through heavy use. So, if I take the tire off for preservation, it may be destroyed in the process. If I leave it on, it will limit what I can do with the bike. Obviously, there is no possibility of replacement, and few if any tires that resemble this design. <br /><br />Oh, the problems I must endure...Andy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721273913834541311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628808254855280975.post-49333100188492668902013-01-20T00:50:55.368-07:002013-01-20T00:50:55.368-07:00That tire is a thing of beauty.That tire is a thing of beauty.Pat Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05348722701872187949noreply@blogger.com