I swapped a lawnmower engine for a 1975 CB200 (with the new fangled cable operated disc brake) - that got me started with road bikes.
To anyone who thinks they can ride - how confident are you in heavy traffic?
(these guys ride one handed so they can smoke
and make phone calls)
ah .. the ubiquitous CB200
mine was a puce lime green
they ain't ridden in traffic
....'til they've been around the Arc de Triomphe
rond point, at the top of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in rush hour, on a Friday afternoon/evening
... on a LHD Kwaka
known as the worst roundabout in the world .. can need a couple of circuits to get on/off it ... throw in a dash of
Priorité a droite .... which half the French believe is their God given right ... despite it being dropped in the early '80s
... plus it's going anti-clockwise
and the drivers do NOT give a sh1t .... all Paris cars carry battle scars
... and you have hell on wheels
I sat in the central res. for ten minutes
studying tactics, 'fore my first foray onto it
