Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Show me your mom's bike (aka Happy Mother's Day!)

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jet sanchEz
05-06-09, 10:27 PM
I picked this up a few years ago at Value Village for $14 and gave it to my mom. It has a basket now and it still rules.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/jetsanchEz/Trip004.jpg

devilshaircut
05-07-09, 08:05 AM
Why don't I ever find bikes like this for $14? Sheesh.

My mom told me she wants a bike so I gotta be looking around ... I wonder what the chances of me getting her to ride a fixed gear are ...
Understanding
05-07-09, 08:13 AM
kilo, definitely a kilo

Atra
05-07-09, 08:20 AM
Why don't I ever find bikes like this for $14? Sheesh.

My mom told me she wants a bike so I gotta be looking around ... I wonder what the chances of me getting her to ride a fixed gear are ...

I do believe Bikes Direct still has some Pink Motobecane Messengers if your mom like Pink.
devilshaircut
05-07-09, 08:25 AM
kilo, definitely a kilo

Haha ... I was hoping someone would say this. You guys never fail me.
timothyday
05-07-09, 08:29 AM
My Mom is a real character, so I was not surprised to find her at the local Performance Bikes riding a beach cruiser around the interior of the store with a sales guy in tow trying to explain to her that she can't ride the bike around inside. So she takes it out in the parking lot, goes for a quick spin, brings the bike back in, and says, "I don't like it. I didn't feel like I was flying." That's my mom. She rides a Dahon now, though I'm not sure she gets that flying sensation from it.
Eggywootah
05-07-09, 08:51 AM
My mom wants an electric bike. Which is better than no bike, I guess.
riot2003
05-07-09, 09:07 AM
My mother just asked me to rebuild her old schwinn (YUSSSS!), I'm not sure exactly what it is though, I haven't seen it yet. I'm excited though.
brandonspeck
05-07-09, 11:37 AM
http://www.specialized.com/OA_MEDIA/2009/bikes/9092-21_Dolce_Elite_White-1_l.jpg

My mom is a roadie. :)
504-ranger
05-07-09, 02:17 PM
does your mom have feet? how does she pedal?
axcxnj
05-07-09, 02:19 PM
the fam pitched in and got this for her Bday this year, her and my dad ride bike paths together, and she was riding a wally world mtb..ugh

http://bikespace.net/php/files/477540a1020558128.jpg
devilshaircut
05-07-09, 02:23 PM
Aw, you guys are so nice to your moms! Makes me feel like a bad son. Course, I am the only one in my family who has a passion for bicycles. Still.
PluperfectArson
05-07-09, 02:34 PM
My mom has two bicycles, albeit bad ones, but she makes no effort to ride them. She wants this light blue Schwinn, though, that we saw at the store. I doubt she would ride it, either way.

My sister, who bought a ss/fg for 400$, rode it a few times around the time she purchased it, but has not really touched it since. She claims she does ride it, but I touch it more than she does only when I am parking my bike next to hers.

I wish my family was more into cycling. :(
brandonspeck
05-07-09, 03:42 PM
does your mom have feet? how does she pedal?

She rides with Look clipless pedals. :P
It's weird, because my parents have been avid cyclists their whole lives. My mom is a triathalete and my dad rides trails all the time.

I'm thinking about taking my mom out on a long ride for mom's day too.
devilshaircut
05-07-09, 03:50 PM
So jealous of your family. Mine are not athletic at all. I love em though.