I sold my bike!

I sold my bike! What!? No, not what you're thinking, not my latest road bike or triathlon bike, I sold my OLD bike, the one that's been sitting in my folks' attic for the past 8 years. It was a Bianchi Strada LX and I have so many fond memories of it. After riding a good ole' department store 10speed for my early teenage years, somehow I decided I wanted to ride farther and faster, so I was in need of an upgrade. Always supportive, my dad took me to a bunch of bike shops, and I finally settled on my first "fancy, sleek racing bike" over at International Bicycle Center (http://internationalbike.com/) . I rode that thing practically everywhere. That very fall I competed in a biathlon (run 5k, bike 30k, run 5k). In college I rode it to and from class, even through the winter months; through rain, sleet & snow, uphill both ways ;^) I rode it with the cycling team at college. I rode it to my summer jobs and even occasionally to my first job after college. I rode it in every direction hammering away many of life's little stresses. As far as I'm concerned, that bike has soul. It's been in purgatory long enough. Time for it's new, reconditioned life, no bike should sit still for that long. Farewell my two-wheeled friend.