Thunderbolt

Own a vintage bike- check!  (Now I have to tackle the other half of my 30 before 30 requirement- actually riding it) Less than a week after my last post debating the merits of vintage vs. new bikes, I found this guy on Craigslist.  Isn't she pretty??

60s-columbia-thunderbolt

She's an early 60s Columbia Thunderbolt and needs a little bit of love to be a safe ride, but totally worth a try!  It was listed for $140 in the town next to mine- not quite as low of a price as I wanted, but close enough to check it out.  I'm perpetual haggler, so I had to negotiate: I offered him $100 and he took it without blinking- I should have started lower!  He was flabbergasted, though that I actually planned to ride it and not just display it.

Craigslist isn't a miracle (I'm still hunting for a patio bench) but it only took a few weeks of hunting to find this gem!  She needs a name, though- I'm thinking something 60s-inspired.... any ideas?