Happy trails, old friend.
Now that I’ve inherited Julian’s bike, the Bianchi (aka Harvietta) needed to be passed on to another rider. Some of you recall that I inherited Harvietta from my friend and grad school roommate Jennifer when she had to choose between riding a recumbent and giving up rock-climbing with her dad. Jennifer commuted on the bike and took it to Europe at least once. For my part, Harvietta commuted to and from work and participated in five Danskin Triathlons. Not bad for a 30-year-old bike.
We donated Harvietta to Bike Works. Jennifer actually suggested this worthy cause several years ago. Bike Works sells affordable refurbished bikes. It also trains youngsters how to ride and fix bikes. I also donated the removable car bike rack, since I can fit a bike in my car (with the front wheel off). It was bittersweet to leave her there, but I think she’s got more adventures ahead of her.
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Bittersweet news! Hopefully someone else will get some good use out of it. 🙂
–Jennifer (original owner)
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I didn’t have any trouble leaving the bike at Bike Works. It was only when I started blogging about it that I got sentimental.