Post by AquarianM on Apr 21, 2011 4:18:54 GMT -5
Re-Greased Lightning...
Thirty-six years of rust,
Some fool's idea of "repainting" half-baked,
Scars of minor neglect,
All fleeing a moment-at-a-time,
Scrubbing, scrubbing, scrubbing,
Grade 0000 steel wool and leather gloves,
Hours and hours,
Tweak with metal polish and old rags,
New bearings and reflectors,
Chrome generator lights ordered and shipping,
Water bottle mount now mounted,
Maybe REAL new paint this Winter,
But this Summer I'm gonna go,
Greased lightning and a bolt of blue,
Thirteen inside on the bike I couldn't quite afford,
Back in the days of delivering newspapers and saving dimes,
Got my 1975 Connie for fifty bucks,
Put a couple hundred and some man hours in,
Just to be a delighted child once more,
Racing the wind,
Hearing Freddy Mercury in my head.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 04/21/2011 Photography and poetry
Author's Note:
I'm restoring my 1975 Schwinn Continental a bit at a time. The project blog is at: 1975continental.blogspot.com .
Queen - "Bicycle Race" - the uncensored original version : youtu.be/68Ze1ZcqnO0
Thirty-six years of rust,
Some fool's idea of "repainting" half-baked,
Scars of minor neglect,
All fleeing a moment-at-a-time,
Scrubbing, scrubbing, scrubbing,
Grade 0000 steel wool and leather gloves,
Hours and hours,
Tweak with metal polish and old rags,
New bearings and reflectors,
Chrome generator lights ordered and shipping,
Water bottle mount now mounted,
Maybe REAL new paint this Winter,
But this Summer I'm gonna go,
Greased lightning and a bolt of blue,
Thirteen inside on the bike I couldn't quite afford,
Back in the days of delivering newspapers and saving dimes,
Got my 1975 Connie for fifty bucks,
Put a couple hundred and some man hours in,
Just to be a delighted child once more,
Racing the wind,
Hearing Freddy Mercury in my head.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 04/21/2011 Photography and poetry
Author's Note:
I'm restoring my 1975 Schwinn Continental a bit at a time. The project blog is at: 1975continental.blogspot.com .
Queen - "Bicycle Race" - the uncensored original version : youtu.be/68Ze1ZcqnO0
