Ocr OcD ANYONE CAN RIDE, BUT THERE’S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR AN OLD CRAP RIDER. NOT SLICK, BUT SPEEDY. BIKES NOT DREAMY, BUT DREAMS TO THEIR OWNERS. BEAUTIFUL IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. BIKES WITH STORIES, TRACK RECORDS, PIECES AND PARTS, DETAILS AND INTRICACIES, FROM HERE AND THERE. THEY’VE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK. THESE ARE THE STORIES OF THE OLD CRAP RIDERS, NOT A GANG, BUT A BAND OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS COMMITTED—NEARLY OBSESSED—WITH FREEDOM, SPEED, AND THE OPEN ROAD . . . NOT TO MENTION THEIR GLORIOUSLY BEAT-UP, BUILT-UP BIKES.
By STEVEN TINGLE
Photography by PAUL MEHAFFEY
76 TOWN / towncarolina.com
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