Better late than never???
Prompted by another thread I went back a year and a half, checked my posts and discovered I had never introduced my self so........
Like many here (I imagine) childhood was a blur of 2nd hand bikes that were torn down, rebuilt, spray bombed, and rebuilt again. Cars and motorcycles replaced bicycles in high school but never were forgotten.
College brought a renewed interest in cycling and an ever changing collection of touring, racing and mountain bikes. Throw in a couple of tandems and a home built triple and all was good till I built my first recumbent in the mid seventies. A friend and I established the Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Association. Since then there was a string of 'bents.
A couple years ago I met Freakbikers, Chainsaw and Giggles, and my fascination with bikes was rekindled.
My collection includes Morticia, a trike "Hearse," a stretched lowered Cranbrook, a '57ish JC Higgins, a '60ish Hiawatha Astroflite, a '60ish Columbia girls bike, my recumbent and a garage full of others and parts enough to keep building for a long time.
I've been reading this forum, drooling over the bikes and talent I find here and yes, posting a few times, with out submitting an introduction. This forum is a tremendous source of information and a great place to be. Thanks to all the Ratters that make this place what it is.
Terry "Gizmo" Gerweck
SE Michigan
Prompted by another thread I went back a year and a half, checked my posts and discovered I had never introduced my self so........
Like many here (I imagine) childhood was a blur of 2nd hand bikes that were torn down, rebuilt, spray bombed, and rebuilt again. Cars and motorcycles replaced bicycles in high school but never were forgotten.
College brought a renewed interest in cycling and an ever changing collection of touring, racing and mountain bikes. Throw in a couple of tandems and a home built triple and all was good till I built my first recumbent in the mid seventies. A friend and I established the Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Association. Since then there was a string of 'bents.
A couple years ago I met Freakbikers, Chainsaw and Giggles, and my fascination with bikes was rekindled.
My collection includes Morticia, a trike "Hearse," a stretched lowered Cranbrook, a '57ish JC Higgins, a '60ish Hiawatha Astroflite, a '60ish Columbia girls bike, my recumbent and a garage full of others and parts enough to keep building for a long time.
I've been reading this forum, drooling over the bikes and talent I find here and yes, posting a few times, with out submitting an introduction. This forum is a tremendous source of information and a great place to be. Thanks to all the Ratters that make this place what it is.
Terry "Gizmo" Gerweck
SE Michigan
