http://www.simianlogicstudios.com/2007/11/13/barcamp-and-bike-vs-car/ indie game developer, web tinkerer, and transplanted Southerner living in Silicon Valley Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:52:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.simianlogicstudios.com/2007/11/13/barcamp-and-bike-vs-car/comment-page-1/#comment-15 annielausier.com » Blog Archive » My New Bike…What is It? Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:51:13 +0000 http://simianlogic3d.com/blog/2007/11/13/barcamp-and-bike-vs-car/#comment-15 [...] In an effort to enjoy my environs a little more and become more active, I decided to get a bike.  Nothing hardcore and nothing expensive…enter craigslist.  The website has treated me well in the past (I’ve bought and sold numerous pieces of furniture and even sold my car on it).  So a trip to Campbell and $85 later, I am now a proud owner of this beauty:I’m pretty happy about it.  The biggest change is adjusting to pedal-based brakes.  Looks like I have a reason to use bike vs. car now! ;)Curiosity got me wondering what kind of bike it is.  The owner listed it as “women’s cruiser” and got it second-hand a while ago.  It doesn’t have any branding on it (it’s definitely a custom paint job).  So where better to figure out the identity of my newest mode of transportation than the Internet?  My first stop was GIS (sorry, Yahoo!, but ever since you forced Flickr into your image results I’ve steered clear).  It helped me narrow things down…sort of.  Most of the results were for bikes currently on the market, AKA the latest version.  Same deal for brand websites (Huffy, Schwinn).  Here, though, was a nice set of vintage bikes listed out.  I also figured eBay might help.  Anyways, these are some of my final candidates: [...] [...] In an effort to enjoy my environs a little more and become more active, I decided to get a bike.  Nothing hardcore and nothing expensive…enter craigslist.  The website has treated me well in the past (I’ve bought and sold numerous pieces of furniture and even sold my car on it).  So a trip to Campbell and $85 later, I am now a proud owner of this beauty:I’m pretty happy about it.  The biggest change is adjusting to pedal-based brakes.  Looks like I have a reason to use bike vs. car now! ;)Curiosity got me wondering what kind of bike it is.  The owner listed it as “women’s cruiser” and got it second-hand a while ago.  It doesn’t have any branding on it (it’s definitely a custom paint job).  So where better to figure out the identity of my newest mode of transportation than the Internet?  My first stop was GIS (sorry, Yahoo!, but ever since you forced Flickr into your image results I’ve steered clear).  It helped me narrow things down…sort of.  Most of the results were for bikes currently on the market, AKA the latest version.  Same deal for brand websites (Huffy, Schwinn).  Here, though, was a nice set of vintage bikes listed out.  I also figured eBay might help.  Anyways, these are some of my final candidates: [...]

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