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08-20-12, 03:23 AM
(So i'm just gonna copypasta my post from intros lol)
I just bought my first bike on craigslist and fell in love. I just can't stand that I don't know very much about it(or bikes in general). I try to do research on it but come up empty handed. I'm happy to be on the bike forums and I can't wait to learn about bikes and cycling.
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This is it. I took it to a local shop to get the wheels trued(a car came up behind me really fast and scared me. i swerved and hit another car lol.) and he told me a little about how Schwinn World bikes were from like the early 80s but didn't go into detail about the bike itself. The bike isn't in the best of shape. The chain is rusted, the seat and the bar grips are all boffed up, and now the back tire is popped, i don't think the tubes have ever been changed. The person who sold it to me said someone bought it for their kid, they used it maybe twice and then put it away. It's been in a shed for a very long time. If you have any info on this bike or how to fix it up i'd really appreciate it.
I just bought my first bike on craigslist and fell in love. I just can't stand that I don't know very much about it(or bikes in general). I try to do research on it but come up empty handed. I'm happy to be on the bike forums and I can't wait to learn about bikes and cycling.
268385
This is it. I took it to a local shop to get the wheels trued(a car came up behind me really fast and scared me. i swerved and hit another car lol.) and he told me a little about how Schwinn World bikes were from like the early 80s but didn't go into detail about the bike itself. The bike isn't in the best of shape. The chain is rusted, the seat and the bar grips are all boffed up, and now the back tire is popped, i don't think the tubes have ever been changed. The person who sold it to me said someone bought it for their kid, they used it maybe twice and then put it away. It's been in a shed for a very long time. If you have any info on this bike or how to fix it up i'd really appreciate it.