Please be part of me in congratulating Lorne Peachey, who has ridden his bicycle 200,000 miles:
Wow, they actually buried the lede right here. Not solely is he driving a Rivendell…
However Lorne Peachey might very presumably be the one particular person in your entire world utilizing clipless pedals on a Platypus:
They stated, “Simply Purchase A Rivendell Already,” and he listened.
But on the similar time he additionally stated “Screw you” to the wool-and-leather set by setting it up like a highway bike, sporting bib shorts with a high-visibility vest, and obsessively monitoring his mileage.
And I believed I used to be pushing the Fred-shaped envelope utilizing clipless pedals on my Roadini:
By the best way, I admit I’ve been pondering of switching to flat pedals on this bike, however then I keep in mind that I’ve three different Rivendae and if I really feel like utilizing flat pedals I can simply trip a kind of as an alternative.
Hey, what can I say? No less than on the subject of bikes, my life is one endless treasure tub:
As for Peachey, he’s clearly a free thinker, which makes him one thing of a lone wolf:
Describing himself as a “solitary bicycle owner,” he reached the 100,000 mark 19 years in the past. He rode throughout the nation on a visit with a number of different cyclists in 1982, when he was 43.
And by my calculations, he’s in all probability spent his grownup biking life driving a bit over 100 miles every week, give or take:
Chances are you’ll assume I’m being judgmental, however I largely simply wished an excuse to make use of that GIF.
In any case, mazel tov to Lorne Peachey, who clearly must go head-to-head in opposition to Fred Schmid:
I haven’t seen a follow-up, so I’m going to imagine he’s nonetheless out on the course.
However as soon as he does are available, I’m going to prepare an ironic race for seniors known as the Simply Purchase A Rivendell Already World Championships to settle the query of whether or not you must in reality simply purchase a Rivendell already as soon as and for all–although quickly you could not have a selection:
Frankly I can’t think about a greater end result than a world through which there are proprietary digital superbikes for the top-tier professionals in addition to the people who find themselves keen and capable of pay no matter it’s they price, after which regular bikes for the remainder of us. And if the provision of the previous is extraordinarily restricted, a lot the higher:
Nevertheless I totally notice that is delusional pondering on my half, and that too many individuals will all the time wish to purchase the quickest bike they will get, despite the fact that more often than not that normally means the fastest-looking bike they will get, and that at this level I’m simply foolishly clinging to the previous and my subjective concepts of what a bicycle ought to be.
Lastly, you could have heard that New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams has introduced a 15mph e-bike pace restrict:
Whereas I agree that that is largely ridiculous, I’d additionally assert that calling this a “warfare on cyclists” is like calling a crackdown on Bluetooth audio system on the subway a “warfare on musicians.”
Additionally, you’ve received to understand the irony that technically you’ll be allowed to trip an everyday bike quicker than an e-bike:
“That is an extremely silly thought,” stated Brandon Chamberlin, a lawyer who works with victims of highway violence. “Imposing decrease pace limits on e-bikes than on non-electric bikes would simply result in battle and congestion in already-too-narrow bike lanes. It additionally will create harmful circumstances on roads with out bike lanes because of even larger pace differentials between automobiles and bikes.”
Wait: so not solely do common bikes require no charging in any way, however you may as well trip them as quick as you need?!?
Signal me up!
