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For those who want more, here's the piece he wrote on Tom: https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2009/01/11/moose-and-the-my...
Many, if not all, lives are as rich as this and would benefit from as romantic a retelling.
I think that's a bit unfair. Most Americans for example haven't even left the country(and many, their state), much less try and smuggle hash into Spain.
Many, if not all, lives are as rich as this and would benefit from as romantic a retelling.
I think that's a bit unfair. Most Americans for example haven't even left the country(and many, their state), much less try and smuggle hash into Spain.
i grew up on an island less than a square mile and some never left it, and thought the US was tge same size
It seems that you can me make a movie on this guys life. I got to know a few characters like him and the truth is that they are awesome people but never stay around for long, as they are always seeking the next adventure. For those who want more, here's the piece he wrote on Tom: https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2009/01/11/moose-and-the-my...
I need to know more about Tom Pritchard apparently, but I've been embarking on my best attempts to upgrade my bikes on my own. When I saw that 6-speed with down-tube shifters and the camo road bars! God, it's so fun. I need to redo the paint on my SE Draft Lite so I can take some pictures and at least try and feel like I have a cool classic bike.
Or not! To learn from Tom, he had the adventures but wasn't outspoken about them - the stories were told by others. With a bike, the point is to enjoy it! I have an 80s steel frame, not as unique, but it gets me around, fast, and I've had tons of fun with it over the past 15 years. Camping in the woods with it chained to a tree, riding through 6" of slush on slick tires, wiping out and learning multiple times... I've touched up scrapes and dings with not-quite-matching shades of nail polish, my handlebar tape is falling apart, my bottom bracket sticks out a bit because I did a shit job of replacing it 5 years ago. But I love it anyway. Or as the article said,
> “Bicycles are not built to be used as status symbols,” Eisentraut himself wrote in a chapter on framebuilding for a book called Bike Tripping, published in 1972. “The cyclist should ride his chosen bike, instead of bullshitting about its angles or its chain stay length.”
That's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Breeze who built some of the first mountain bikes.