Good stuff. New road bikes and mountain bikes are typically more expensive than really nice K-Bikes. It's really impressive what a good value the flying bricks are, and they go uphill so much more easily than those pedal two-wheelers.
In my bachelor days I lived in Brown Deer, Wisco and one late Fall Sunday morning I rode my Motobecane Gran Jubilee (chrome pedal toe cages with leather straps, clip-ins were in their infancy) the 20 miles to Port Washington to meet friends at a pub that did Bloody Mary Sunday Mornings. Sorry about that, Jesus! Well, lesson learned and back to church for me. I got caught up in the action, stayed longer than planned, drank a fair bit more than expected, then had to ride my bike back home in the late afternoon. By now the clouds had moved in, the sun was gone and there was a relentless wind blowing cold rain into my face. Not a great time to be seeing double. Made it home, painfully and very thankful. Haven't had a drop of alcohol when riding ANYTHING with two wheels, motorized or pedaled, since that day.
