Dave wrote:jwhouk wrote:That's called the Same Car Syndrome. You don't realize who else is driving the same kind of car you are driving until you take ownership of said car.
Oh, yeah. It was amazing how many Volkswagen Variants ("Squareback") appeared on the streets of Silicon Valley, shortly after we bought one for my wife to drive a couple of decades ago.
Somehow, I don't seem to suffer from that...
Here I am, with my two vehicles: a 1991 GMC Suburban (diesel, 4X4, 3 rows of full-size seats, luggage rack and tow hitch - everything I always wanted in the vehicle of my dreams, including the fact that it's old enough to be the bigger, squarish model - 1991 was the last year they made that model like that), and a 2012 Surly Disc Trucker touring bicycle. I have seen maybe 5 Suburbans around Montréal, that are in the same age bracket, and a few more while in the States, but they are becoming rather rare...
Even the bicycle, is not a model I see around too much. I have seen one or two Long Haul Truckers (the same bike but with regular brakes instead of disc brakes), but no other disc trucker so far. And mine is rather oddly modified, too... Custom rear luggage rack, disc brake cover in the back (have not had time to do one for the front, yet, it protects the piston and caliper assembly from the road salt that comes with the snow that falls off the fender), a second stem and handlebar, to serve as accessory bar (horn on the left, and the assembly to hold my handlebar bag is attached to this second stem and handlebar, to leave the real handlebar free of clutter), two luggage racks at the front (one lowrider, one regular one on top), and custom fender extension flap at the front, and a homemade kickstand that affixes itself to the top of the frame, rather than underneath - can be seen in action in the first photo.
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