wickedvt

Beautiful bike!

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.

Vermont checking in!

Hey all! Fellow Vermonter (South Burlington) checking in. I just joined myfitnesspal a few weeks ago. :edit: Forgot to mention... been here eight years!

If you do go the bikesdirect.com route, you'll definitely want to arrange the shop who's going to look at it ahead of time and make sure they're cool with it. Most decent shops should be. Any bike shop that will only service bikes they sell isn't really a full service bike shop if you ask me. That's like a muffler shop…

Windsor is a brand used by bikesdirect.com. Though a lot of people will tell you to steer clear of bikesdirect, it's actually a great value when buying a road bike - provided you know what you're doing. In your case, you'd want to take the box directly to a bike shop to have them make the final adjustments and inspect…

Like others have mentioned, if you "cheap out" and get something that doesn't fit right or doesn't hold up, you'll be a lot less likely to ride it. You're absolutely not going to find something good at a department store. Almost of those bikes, even though they look similar, are toys and they are not made to hold up over…