Monday, May 17, 2010

My lil' Schwinn

I have recently acquired a vintage Schwinn bicycle, and it sure is adorable (in bike terms).


Note: This is not an actual picture of my bike, but it is a similar model. My bike is orange with a black seat and black handlebars.

It has mysterious origins: it has been in a friend's basement since before he or his roommate lived there, and I don't think it belonged to either of the people who lived there before them. I took it to the msu bike shop today, which I didn't know existed until yesterday after being at this school for six years, and the workers were fawning over how adorable it is.
Apparently it was made in the 50s, and its tires were from the 70s, so they needed to be replaced. The people at the bike shop wheeled it away before the worker wrote down the model in the computer so she put "Schwinn vintage awesomeness." Hurray for silly (and free) bikes!

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