Comments on: My Holy Shit List http://www.danbailey.net/516/my-holy-shit-list cyclist, writer, font designer, geek, builder of bicycle frames Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: amanda m. http://www.danbailey.net/516/my-holy-shit-list/comment-page-1#comment-478 amanda m. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:21:04 +0000 http://www.danbailey.net/?p=516#comment-478 Okay, so Dan, you being my other bike guru, my dad being first, but my dad is a Bianchi purist, so I can't ask him because he doesn't get it he just thinks I'm scared and need to get over my fear. When I was 7, I had this massive ear infection that took three years of antibiotics and suction 3Xwk to get rid of, then a tumor removal and I'm missing bones and nerves in my left ear. You can imagine what all this did to my 10 year old body's balance, topped in with growth spurts and all. I had an old fifties bike, giant steel tube frame and white wall tires. I rode that just fine, but out grew it and needed a larger bike, so, there I am, 11th birthday and am given a Univega 10 speed. Went from one of those upright sitting cruisers with fat tires to leaning forward on razorblades. Needless to say, the 10 speed spent more time in the garage than it spent with me on it. So, Hubs wants me to get a bike so we can ride the paved paths and streets of Philly together. He's got my brother's old Marin with the fork shox. I need something that I can keep up with him on, but also that I can balance and feel stable on. I was looking at the Electra Amsterdam models, the forward pedals and low center f gravity seem like a good idea, but then the reviews talk about fenders flying off. Advice, oh bike guru? Okay, so Dan, you being my other bike guru, my dad being first, but my dad is a Bianchi purist, so I can’t ask him because he doesn’t get it he just thinks I’m scared and need to get over my fear.
When I was 7, I had this massive ear infection that took three years of antibiotics and suction 3Xwk to get rid of, then a tumor removal and I’m missing bones and nerves in my left ear.
You can imagine what all this did to my 10 year old body’s balance, topped in with growth spurts and all.
I had an old fifties bike, giant steel tube frame and white wall tires. I rode that just fine, but out grew it and needed a larger bike, so, there I am, 11th birthday and am given a Univega 10 speed. Went from one of those upright sitting cruisers with fat tires to leaning forward on razorblades.
Needless to say, the 10 speed spent more time in the garage than it spent with me on it.

So, Hubs wants me to get a bike so we can ride the paved paths and streets of Philly together.
He’s got my brother’s old Marin with the fork shox.

I need something that I can keep up with him on, but also that I can balance and feel stable on.

I was looking at the Electra Amsterdam models, the forward pedals and low center f gravity seem like a good idea, but then the reviews talk about fenders flying off.

Advice, oh bike guru?

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