I'm giving away my over 40 year old ten speed bike today. It's been
hanging on a hook in the basement for over 15 years...but before that it
gave me 25 years of good hard use.


Inflated the tires and they still (sort of) held air.

They are the ORIGINAL IRC tires...must be a good brand.

On 8/30/2015 10:47 AM, philo wrote:
I'm giving away my over 40 year old ten speed bike today. It's been
hanging on a hook in the basement for over 15 years...but before that it
gave me 25 years of good hard use.


Inflated the tires and they still (sort of) held air.

They are the ORIGINAL IRC tires...must be a good brand.

I've had bike tires dry rot in a garage after a couple of years.

If I were going to use the bike, I would put on new tires and tubes.

On 08/30/2015 10:39 AM, Frank wrote:
On 8/30/2015 10:47 AM, philo wrote:
I'm giving away my over 40 year old ten speed bike today. It's been
hanging on a hook in the basement for over 15 years...but before that it
gave me 25 years of good hard use.


Inflated the tires and they still (sort of) held air.

They are the ORIGINAL IRC tires...must be a good brand.

I've had bike tires dry rot in a garage after a couple of years.

If I were going to use the bike, I would put on new tires and tubes.





I'm not sure if I can even ride a bike any more due to one one my knees
not bending fully.

It was just cluttering up the basement and had a lot of spider webs on it...

It's now gone