Sarah's New Ride?

Ah, the wonders of Craigslist.

Sarah made the mistake of casually, innocently, and unthinkingly, mentioning that it might be nice to own a bike without fancy pedals that you could ride with ordinary shoes. Of course, I immediately thought - bing! I can buy another bike! For Sarah, of course.

So, when this Raleigh appeared on Craigslist, of course it was Sarah's new perfect just ride it casually around town bicycle.

It's a Raleigh Superbe, which, judging from the information on Sheldon Brown's site was made in or around 1974. Everything on the bike still seems to be in great condition, with the exception of the (non-maintainable) flat pedals. As a bonus, both the dynohub and the Sturmey-Archer 3 speed rear hub still work perfectly. An amazing bike, super fun to ride with nice, new, cushy tires.

Sarah briefly test rode her new bike when I intercepted her on her commute yesterday. I was riding the Raleigh, so we swapped bikes for a little while. Her comments? Holy cow is this heavy. It's wobbling all over the place. I don't like this! Stop! Stop! I want my bike back!

The best $100 I ever spent. I think she's in love. 8-)