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title: "Built For Life: Why Even Our Oldest Bikes Are Still On The Road"
url: https://bikefriday.com/721-2/
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date: 2016-03-01
modified: 2016-10-14
markdown_url: https://bikefriday.com/721-2.md
author: "BF Admin"
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# Built For Life: Why Even Our Oldest Bikes Are Still On The Road

We recently received an email from Alan Burnstein:

```
I thought I'd send you an email about my Bike Friday
that I bought in Spring, 1993. I was living in
New York City at the time and bought it
to take on the train for out-of-city excursions.
I rode it extensively along the lake front
when I lived in Chicago in the early 2000's,
but when I moved to Georgia, I didn't do much
bicycling, and my Bike Friday fell into disrepair.
I had it overhauled last year at a local
bike shop, and it runs good as new!
I've been riding it at Hilton Head as well as
at our weekend cottage at Callaway Gardens in
Pine Mountain, Georgia.
```