About a decade ago, we were renting in College Park, Maryland while waiting to sell our house in upstate New York.  The cellar of the house had a lot of things left by the owner including a Soloflex weight training system.  Our landlord had hurt his shoulders kayaking and could no longer use it – so we worked a deal and I still use it once or twice a week here in Vermont.

There was also a dusty old Schwinn sitting in the corner and when I asked him what the story was, he said that he never used it and if I wanted it, take it.  So I did.  Of course, I had a fine racing bike and a good mountain bike – but you never know when an extra bike will be needed.  I've ridden it about once a year in the last ten years.