tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466551233649992250.post5932110203691729551..comments2023-09-22T05:47:45.847-06:00Comments on Maynard Hershon: The Ferrous BrothersMaynardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830982091384886121noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466551233649992250.post-60432069922412607462009-01-03T02:15:00.000-07:002009-01-03T02:15:00.000-07:00I meant to say "pose their bike against a tasteful...I meant to say "pose their bike against a tasteful background." Posing their "back" may or may not be strange.Dan Brekkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261150572253464576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466551233649992250.post-28045291105268540182009-01-03T02:14:00.000-07:002009-01-03T02:14:00.000-07:00Well, people look for commonalities where they can...Well, people look for commonalities where they can find them. Not a bad thing, but yeah, a little strange when it's based on something as simple as "hey, you ride a vintage (or "vintage") steel frame." Another thing that makes me feel strange is seeing someone pose their back against a tasteful backdrop for a photo shoot. <BR/><BR/>On the positive, less-strange side: One of the coolest bonding moments I've ever had with another cyclist was with a guy I encountered riding a rattle-trap ten-speed down Highway 1 south of Carmel. I was doing a short ride -- from downtown Monterey to Big Sur -- and at some point I passed this guy. His bike had steel-wire baskets in the back, and both baskets had garbage bags in them, I think. The guy riding the machine was stopping to pick up cans and bottles along the road. I'd pass him when he'd slow down, and then when we got to any kind of hill, he'd pass me. He was strong. We weren't riding in the city, so at some point I started talking to him -- probably said "Hi" when I passed him or shouted "Go!" when he passed me, or both. I remember that he called back to me, and it was like we were riding that breathtaking section of highway, across that famous Bixby Creek Bridge and past Point Sur, together. <BR/><BR/>By the time we approached Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, where my family was going to meet me after passing me on the road, I knew the guy's name was Jack and that he was picking up empties to help pay for his ride down to San Diego from Sacramento. Yeah -- I was taken with his adventure. That's a long piece of road to navigate on what amounts to spare change. When I spotted our car up ahead, waiting on the shoulder by the state park, I told Jack to stop with me so I could give him some food or something. He did stop, and I introduced him to my wife and to the neighbors we were traveling with. He took a look at me after I took my helmet off and said, "Hey, you're OLD. You're my dad's age." We gave him some of the food we had in a cooler, and maybe a 20 for good measure, and wished him luck. All I can say about the encounter now is that I still think about it, though I have no doubt he made it where he's going. I'd like to think that he's found space in his life to remember that afternoon and remember it, and me, too.Dan Brekkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261150572253464576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466551233649992250.post-24628988501999490552009-01-01T18:44:00.000-07:002009-01-01T18:44:00.000-07:00Steel is real, yeah. But then you realize that you...Steel is real, yeah. But then you realize that you rode your last custom bike for 2 decades, and a custom Ti frame is only $4K, so you quit riding steel. It's nice to see youngsters learning about nice classic construction, but will they ever learn to ride a bike?<BR/>Earle "I may have paid some dues by now" Young, Madison, Wisc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466551233649992250.post-36763382411278807392008-12-31T13:46:00.000-07:002008-12-31T13:46:00.000-07:00Ride on Maynard. My customary retort to a 'steel i...Ride on Maynard. My customary retort to a 'steel is real' greeting is 'yeah, real heavy'.VC Slimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12216361638725690415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466551233649992250.post-39914829674087309462008-12-31T13:45:00.000-07:002008-12-31T13:45:00.000-07:00Ride on Maynard. My customary retort to a 'steel i...Ride on Maynard. My customary retort to a 'steel is real' greeting is 'yeah, real heavy'.VC Slimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12216361638725690415noreply@blogger.com