the GOT bike

 Over a decade ago, I joined Peter Waite for Peter Weigle's French Fender Sniffing Day. I'm not certain which Peter was the first to use that somewhat tongue-in-cheek renaming of the event, but it was a gathering of old guys on old bikes, many of which may have cost their owners more than the original retail price.  The closest I could manage was  a Japanese built Peugeot. Although the photographer said  I gave the best pose all day. And yes,  the bike was found propped against a dumpster  in North Conway, New Hampshire One particular memory I have of the day was overhearing one of the old blokes ask a teenage lad if his bike was older than he was. It was! That started me contemplating if I owned any wheels that had aged at least as many years as I had. The only possibility I could think of was, maybe, a hand-me-down I used in my early years, but since then, nothing. My first non-trike was bought new for me. Doesn't this kid look like a future pro! For that...