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From Younger on Two Wheels 2021 by John Aydelotte

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John Aydelotte replied to a comment by Keith Adams on My love of bicycles and why I am doing this

Hey Keith. I haven't heard of the Bronco. I think mine had a regular padded seat, but my memory is fuzzy as to whether it was the original seat or something added later. There weren't any shocks or springs anywhere - just a large rear rack that I slung my canvas newspaper carrier over.

2 years ago
Keith Adams commented on My love of bicycles and why I am doing this

"One was a rusty 1950s single-speed (complete with fake gas-tank) ... it must have weighed 50 lbs (without the papers)."

I had a friend who had a "Bronco": styled after off-road motorcycles, also with a fake gas tank. IIRC it also had a "shock absorber" on the back end, which was needed since the "seat" was unpadded hard cold steel.

I bet the thing also weighed in on the "hefty" end of the spectrum.

Does this sound familiar? I've never known anyone else who's heard of the Bronco, much less had one.

2 years ago
John Aydelotte commented on Day 21: Grinnell, IA to Cedar Rapids, IA

Thanks, Bill - my sister told me the same thing when I got to Dubuque.

2 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on Day 21: Grinnell, IA to Cedar Rapids, IA

Flowers are purple coneflowers.

https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/coneflower-purple-echinacea-purpurea

2 years ago