dictionary-dot-com defines the capri as an article of clothing that women wear, too long for shorts; too short to be pants.
and some genius, probably on madison avenue back in the 80s, came up with the idea to name a bike after this poor choice in clothing. and put it on a men's bike.
well, the bike had almost never been ridden. it had been purchased/registered in dad county florida, probably one of those snooty little summer-home-bikes.
"oh, yeah, bro...i ride when i summer in dade county."
"totally awesome, dude. that's rad. we should hang."
again, one of those "one crash" bikes. checked and repacked the bearings. cleaned the dust off the chain. aired up the tires. replaced an inner-tube.
and now the capri needed a new home. enter leif.
leif's girlfriend (soon to be fiance, fingers crossed) loves to ride bikes. he wanted a starter bike. and, i had this one just sitting around. i told him about it a couple weeks ago. he forgot about it, and was quite surprised when i called him to tell him it was on its way.
two test rides, one re-adjustment, and a quick rundown of things to do and not to do on the bicycle later, and leif was cruising the apartment complex, loving a bike that hadn't seen love in years. this is how it should be, my friends. and, hopefully, he and his girlfriend will find yet another thing they can do together as they continue their journey.
so, what's next? well, i have one less bike. time to go find another one.
until then, happy riding my friends.
OMB
"Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit." ~ Billy Connolly
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