New Orleans Bicycles

It's been a while since I've posted something. School season has started and time riding on the bike has been rare. The only quality times that I can log some mileage are either in the late evenings or the early mornings. This is where a couple good quality lights come into play, but that's for another future post.

I've been out of town for several days down in New Orleans. A friend of mine is getting married in September and his bachelor's party was in the French Quarter. Other than drinking, shopping, sightseeing and drinking I was able to take photos of the local bikes.








The one impression that came to me was that most or all of the bikes were your so called Walmart type bikes. Not very expensive, but that's a benefit when you're in the French Quarter or any large city. I would assume if you were to leave a semi-expensive bike it would grow wings and fly.






The school of thought was that, so long as the bike can get you from point A to point B, it was darn good enough. There were bikes from the 50's rust bucket to bikes off the display shelves from Walmart. These are what you would call city bikes, no nonsense, Cinderella sister ugly, but will get you to where you want to go. They are the mutts of the cycling world, a true utilitarian, but with characteristics to start a conversation.