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Hi there. I learned to ride a bike long ago when I was a wee one and I'm still doing it. I've been hurt riding a bicycle many times but no injury has ever been able to keep me away from my bike for long (so far). That is not to say that my only associations with bicycling have been painful. Far from it. I think the reason I continue to ride is that I love the exhilaration of being on a bike with my hair on fire, taking a risk here and there and seeing how fast I can go. I've done 3 bike-a-thons with bikes not bombs: the 50 mile once and the 100 mile twice. I've spent the last year or so carefully building up an older model road bike beginning with a bare frame I found on eBay and going from there. It's now in a state of completeness I'm quite happy with and I'm looking forward to riding it in this year's 100 mile ride with BNB. Help me get there! Thanks.
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I bought this from BNB back in 2018 for $50. Put a lot of miles on this thing since then. I upgraded a lot of the components since this picture was taken.
BNB bike in process of upgrades. Here with new stem, new bars, and computer.
Cycling trip in Bhutan with some traveling companions. This was such an interesting country. Very rural, lot of agriculture and subsistence farming, mountainous, peaceful. Quite undeveloped for the most part.
I bought this back in 2017. Very cool bike but it got stolen within a few months. That was a real bummer.
My first attempt at wheel-building. I thought it came out pretty well. Mavic Open Pro with a Shimano Sora hub and DT Swiss Competition double butted spokes. Circa early 2020.
Bhutan
Not really bike related but a beautiful picture of Bhutan where I went on Cycling trip. 2019.
Gearing up for a ride way back in 2013-2014. Had almost no gear of my own then. Using my dad's old bike, skateboarding helmet, and roller blading gloves. This bike also got stolen eventually. Someone clipped the lock I was using. Couldn't believe it. Loved that bike.
I took this the night before my first 100 mile bike ride with BNB. 2021 if I remember correctly. Man I worked hard to get in shape for this. I finished right behind the ride leader.
The BNB bike with all new components. New crank, pedals, chain, rear derailleur, front derailleur, wheels, hubs, seat, cables, bike computer, bars, stem, shifters, the works. I did the BNB century ride in 2021 (plus a lot of training beforehand), only after which I was to discover that the frame wasn't really the right size. Started all over...
The new titanium mongoose pro in early stages of development.
My nieces non pedaling training bike.
The mountain bike I rode in Bhutan with my personal pedals attached.
My guides in Bhutan working on my bike. They were so cool.
Just having crossed the finish line of the 50 mile BNB ride back in 2019.
At the start of the 50 mile ride in 2019.
Specialized Allez I bought to replace my dad's bike that got stolen. This was when I just sort of getting into bikes more seriously. I bought it from a guy on Craigslist who I remember looked very surprised to have gotten his asking price for it.
My Dad's old bike hanging up in my apartment in Boston while I was going to grad school. Jerry rigged to hang from ceiling and save space. Cool setup I thought.
On a gigantic bicycle in England. wtf
The Mongoose Pro all ready to go. Man I really went all out on this thing.
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My Supporters
- Steve Bushnell April 2023 $35.00
- Micah Altman April 2023 $25.00
- Anonymous I had a student intern to whom I introduced BNB, and in turn she created a similar project for the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Association that has grown into the Red Shed operating out of Riverside Park, Olneyville, Providence. April 2023
- Thomas Guderjan April 2023 $100.00
- Anonymous April 2023
- Thomas Guderjan April 2023 $100.00
- Anonymous April 2023 $52.50
- Steve Bushnell April 2023 $35.00
- Micah Altman April 2023 $25.00
- Charles Watson Good luck! April 2023 $5.00
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