Citizens! Now is the time to cast off the titanium, carbon-fiber, and aluminum shackles that have for too long bound you! Strip away the spandex and lycra uniforms that, let's be honest, never looked good on you, and don the garb of the casual cyclist. It is time once again to travel in comfort and style on machines of steel! Let us reject any crank that is not cottered! Let us praise great Sturmey-Archer hubs! Let us accept that there is some rust that just won't come off! Let us ride old bikes!
Okay, whatever. Here's the deal: if you have a Blogger or Google account, you can officially follow the OBB by clicking the new Following widget to the right. And don't worry if you're shy, you can follow publicly or anonymously.
Soon, I will have a mighty army of followers! A mighty army that travels on old bikes! A mighty slow army!
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It works with a Google account. I sign into blogger with my google id and password, and can follow blogs just the same.
ReplyDeleteOkay. I guess I'd probably follow more blogs if they gave a direct appeal like that. Your blog has been on my blog list for a long while, though. I do the thing where the blog list is presented in order of the latest post so that at a glance I can see if there's anything new and read the post ASAP hot off the intertubes.
ReplyDeletehe great one has spoken!
ReplyDeleteall hail!
y'know, he's right about the lycra. and cottered cranks ARE the future...
we are not worthy!
Excellent! This is just the sort of pandering and ego-stroking I was hoping for!
ReplyDeleteOff to write my manifesto and crush all opposition....
I have been following it via Google Reader for quite a bit.
ReplyDeletePost the manifesto when ready! Me and my Mighty Steed stand at the ready!
Aaron
Aaron, I don't know if I've said it before, but your Raleigh makes me drool. When I take over, you can be the First Minister of Excellent Raleighs. It'll probably have to be a rotating post, however.
ReplyDeleteUp close she shows the disgrace of having been a garage queen for too long. There are many nicks and chips in the paint. But I faithfully wipe her gently down with a oiled rag after every ride, in hopes of preserving the remaining finish.
ReplyDeleteI have many bikes but that particular one has been long wanted and once obtained is and probably always will be my favorite.
Aaron
Haha! I am the only blogless follower of the Old Bike Blog via Google blogger. 5 years ago nobody would have understood that sentence.
ReplyDeleteI often think about starting my own blog but in tone and subject I'm not sure how it would be too different from this one, except it would not be as good or updated as often, so instead I just pester Thom with pics of the various things I find on the side of the road or at Craigslist/garage sales.
When I get time Thom, I'll send you a pic of the '84 Fuji Del Rey someone left on the street.
@ianchowmiller: don't let that stop you from starting a blog. If anything, don't start a blog because it's a tremendous timesuck.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, I'd read your blog...
All these comments! All these followers! I'm too intimidated to follow behind all these drones of followers!
ReplyDeleteResistance is useless! It is useless to resist! All must follow!
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