Need help selecting a bike
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This is the one I'm looking at: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/bik/3003117869.html
The problem I see with that bike is the by first glace it looks like a department store special.
It looks like a road bike, but the technology is old.
You can buy the bike brand new for only $269.00 here http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/wellington1_IX.htm
It has down tube shifters and low quality components that will not be nice to ride for very long.
you would be better off with this
http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/dawes/lt_dlx_xiii.htm
or if you can swing it
http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/dawes/lt2300_xii.htm0 -
This is the one I'm looking at: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/bik/3003117869.html
Btw, any thoughts on this: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/bik/3002539734.html (for my GF, she's 5"8).
The bike guys I have been renting from are extremely nice. They tuned up a friend's bike (during rush business hour) absolutely free.
On both of them, they've got stem shifters. I hate stem shifters.
But the second bike is what I was taking about in my first reply, a slick old Japanese bike. My wife's 5'9" and rides a 56.0 -
This is the one I'm looking at: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/bik/3003117869.html
Btw, any thoughts on this: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/bik/3002539734.html (for my GF, she's 5"8).
The bike guys I have been renting from are extremely nice. They tuned up a friend's bike (during rush business hour) absolutely free.
On both of them, they've got stem shifters. I hate stem shifters.
But the second bike is what I was taking about in my first reply, a slick old Japanese bike. My wife's 5'9" and rides a 56.
So you recommend the second bike? He's agreed on $200 - planning to buy it tonight0 -
Can't go wrong with Japanese bikes from the 80's. If it's still up and running it's going to be for some time.0
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Hey guys, just got back home after buying the bike. The bike looks great. Everything is brand new. I bought it for $200! He said he had a few other bikes that he was interested in selling and were of my height. He'd be sending me those pics too.
Until then - what do you think? I'm so excited to show this off to my gf this weekend.
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singing: I think I'm turning Japanese; I think I'm turning ...0 -
Beautiful bike!0
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