Kendall Card 2.0

A while back I posted a video from New Belgium about their Fat Tire Ale. In the video the guy looks happy, really happy about riding his cruiser that he built.

Yesterday it dawned clear skies and cold, but by noon when I went to the rec center for my swim work out it had warmed up considerably (from low 30’s to low 60’s).  As I rode home from swimming on my new-to-me Schwinn Continental circa 1970 baby blue ride, I felt that same happy feeling portrayed in the video.  That of riding a bike on the perfect autumn day, the warm air and sunshine soaking me to core.

So instead of stopping at home I rode on by, went to the post office, cruised main street Kamas, stopping by7 the nursery to check out some bushes and trees that might be on sale. As I finally made my way back to the home office, I couldn’t help but smile as I weaved back and forth on my bike, just like a kid again.

And that’s what riding a bike can often inspire – the kid like feeling that so often escapes our norm as adults.  While it won’t entirely ease the current pain of the economy, it sure feels good.

Don’t call me at noon today, I’ll be out on my new ride.

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About my bike

I picked up this gem from my friend Bill Krause who works in the Cloffice at the Salt Lake Visitor Center.  He had cleaned and restored this gem and let it go for a fair price.

I further outfitted it with a 1970’s Pletscher chrome bike rack that has a spring loaded book holder latch, formerly mounted on my late father-in-laws trusty steed that he used to ride to BYU from Orem.  They were going to throw his old bike out (complete with old school Campi components, gear shifters in the drops and the Swiss made bike rack) so I rescued the entire thing.  A perfect winter project for my newly completed shop.