Week 46-Handstand with Arley and My 1968 Schwinn

My daughter Arley and I are in a handstand next to my/Jack's new vintage bike. Arley is know stranger to handstands. During her first year of track in high school she did some training with the pole vaulters and spent a lot of time working on handstands. She says she is a little out of practice, but she is workin' it here and looks pretty darn good! She is home from college for the summer. We are going to practice doing a back to back handstand. We haven't tried it yet. Hopefully it will be a success before the 52 weeks are up so we can include it in the blog! I might have to get my handstand coach back for some dual handstand training.

The bike is a 1968 Schwinn Racer. Check out the hunkie men who used to ride the Schwinn Racer back in the 60's http://www.re-cycle.com/images/Schwinn/1968cat/12w.jpg Jack had asked Danny to look for a bike at the dump that he could tootle around on and ride down the bike path on. This is what Danny came back with. I fell in love with it. Had to have it! Now, Jack and I are working out the terms of ownership. I have purchased some new tubes, tires and brake pads. I have been scrubbing off the rust and grime with some steel wool. It will be ready to roll soon! It has a shifter on the handle bars with three gears that are a mystery to me. I have to read up on this type of shifting mechanism, it appears the gears are hidden inside the hub. There are no chain rings that create the shifting.

Photographer: Jack Donovan

Location: backyard