Craigs List purchase: Montague bike #1 (X50 Model)

The first bike we purchased off of Craig's List back in June.  He came fully equipped with the following accessories:

*A handlebar bag--with a Swiss Army thingie in it, also a padlock without a key LOL
*A handlebar GPS/cell phone mount
*A handlebar flashlight
*A left side handlebar mirror
*A rack on the back with a tail-light on it (we took that off so I could adjust the seat height)
*And apparently tubeless tires. 

Flint Hills Nature Trail -- Osage City west to Hoch Road

June 26, 2013

First night for me to ride my new-to-me Montague X50 mountain bike.  Here was my Facebook post about it after my first ride on it:  

"Oh. My. Hell. This morning, did I refer to my new-to-me ride as a rugged mountain bike? After that same 5 mile trail ride on it tonight, I'm upgrading that classification to Tank. In fact, that's its new name. 

Tank was a Craig's List purchase and he came fully equipped with the following accessories:

*A handlebar bag--with a Swiss Army thingie in it, also a padlock without a key LOL
*A handlebar GPS/cell phone mount
*A handlebar flashlight
*A left side handlebar mirror
*A rack on the back with a tail-light on it (we took that off so I could adjust the seat height)
*And apparently tubeless tires. Yes, solid rubber tires. Do you know how frigging heavy solid rubber tires are? Ask me. I can tell you."

**Update 07/13/2013: After delving more deeply into Tank's anatomy, we discovered that he does not have solid rubber tires.  He instead has the foam inner No-Mor-Flat type of "tube." Which is super awesome for the types of trails we have been encountering. I'm all for not having to change tires.   

~~H

Flint Hills Nature Trail at Hoch Road 1 mile west of Osage City

Flint Hills Nature Trail at Hoch Road 1 mile west of Osage City

Flint Hills Nature Trail bridge between K31 Hwy and Hoch Road, Osage City -- wouldn't want to go sailing off of there!

Starting this Bicycling thing! Gotta Just Keep Pedaling!

June 24, 2013

So, we are starting up the bicycling thing, my sweetie and I. After a couple of decades of living in this town, for the first time tonight, we checked out the Flint Hills Nature Trail from 4th street to Hoch Road and back again.

~~ H