Schools are closed for Midwinter Recess and that means this blog is too. However, since 2024 is The Year Of Paring Down, I am taking advantage of the downtime to inventory and assess my velocipedal holdings as they currently stand. So between Monday and Friday I will make a thorough accounting of all my bicycles, not including the ones belonging to other members of my immediate family, or parts and frames stuffed deep in a storage unit, which is to say it won’t be very thorough at all. Nevertheless, it will be a more or less complete picture of all fully-assembled bicycles currently owned, operated, and regularly ridden by me. This will allow me to determine whether or not I need to continue divesting or acquiring as the case may be, and is entirely for my own edification. So while you’re welcome to read and comment don’t expect to be entertained, though honestly you shouldn’t be expecting that anyway.
See you back here Monday, February 26th.
I Love You,
–Tan Tenovo
Rivendell A. Homer Hilsen
Use: Commuting, riding in inclement weather, riding in nice weather, riding on roads, riding on smooth trails, just riding really
Wardrobe: Regular clothes
Miscellaneous notes: I loved this bike from the beginning, but adding a big ring and drop bars (and fenders) really unlocked its full potential. It’s not a road race bike and it’s not a mountain bike, but it’s good or great for pretty much everything else, and since 2020 it’s possibly my most-ridden bike. If I could save only one bike from a fire, earthquake, nuclear attack, or Black Friday stampede it might possibly be this one. As a bonus it’s eminently reconfigurable and can be made more or less road-y, trail-y, commuter-y, etc. as need be, and it’s compatible with most of my spare parts, with the exception of the 650b wheels, though these days of course tires are widely available in that size.