"Fixer Uper" Craigslist Deal -OR- Why Not to Buy a Wall-Mart Bike
09-07-08, 03:56 PM
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"Fixer Uper" Craigslist Deal -OR- Why Not to Buy a Wall-Mart Bike
I think this posting is for real, but I don't think anyone could even find $50 worth of parts on this broken frame. If I didn't have to be at work Monday, I'm so sure I would camp out for hours to make sure that I was first in line at 10am to score such a sweet deal...
My favorite line: "My loss your gain." I hope the seller didn't lose any limbs when the chainstay snapped off the bottom bracket.
My favorite line: "My loss your gain." I hope the seller didn't lose any limbs when the chainstay snapped off the bottom bracket.
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Depends. If it's an 8-speed rear and if those are Shimano trigger shifters and if they work OK, that's not a totally bad deal. If it's a 7-speed rear, no way.
Most bike flippers look for those nicer X-mart bikes that have been damaged at yard sales. But your point it correct, someone who flips bikes isn't going to pay $50. I picked up a Magna at a yard sale for $10, landed up trashing the frame, cranks and suspension fork. The rest went to various bikes as repair parts.
Most bike flippers look for those nicer X-mart bikes that have been damaged at yard sales. But your point it correct, someone who flips bikes isn't going to pay $50. I picked up a Magna at a yard sale for $10, landed up trashing the frame, cranks and suspension fork. The rest went to various bikes as repair parts.
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Nope, not quite Wal-Mart. I think I saw that at costco one time.
It still lacks the shop support, but the quality should be dramatically better than the Walmart stuff.
I saw one of those Fezzaris when I was there the other day. Rode it around until they told me to stop. But It wasn't that bad.
It still lacks the shop support, but the quality should be dramatically better than the Walmart stuff.
I saw one of those Fezzaris when I was there the other day. Rode it around until they told me to stop. But It wasn't that bad.
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I was at Costco one day and I saw that bike. From far away I saw the small cylindical thing beside the shock that Fox shocks usually have, and I thought "wow, on a costco bike"
I went to the bike and I looked at the thing closer. It was just a cylindical plastic tube glued beside the shock. I was kinda sad
I went to the bike and I looked at the thing closer. It was just a cylindical plastic tube glued beside the shock. I was kinda sad
