I got into cycling and.... refurbishing old bikes.
About six or seven years ago I decided I was over weight and needed to lose weight. I started cycling - daily. I dropped about forty lbs, and in the past five months or so I lost another 30 lbs.
Somewhere along the way I got into Cannondale bikes. One of the most collectable bikes for Cannondale people is the 2002 "Stars & Stripes". Shortly after 9/11 the firefighters from the fire station closest to the WTC did a charity ride from NYC to LA, and Cannondale made them special bikes. The public wanted them so they sold a few thousand of them in 2002. They are hard to find. I found one on Ebay, bought it, and fixed it up and rode it for a few years.... Then I decided to take it apart and rebuilt it with all brand new components - making an older bike into a brand new bike. Since then I've been buying older Cannondale bikes and fixing them up like brand new and selling them. I find it oddly relaxing to be working on bikes in my second garage.
I travel all around the state cycling.
