Joined: Jun 2005
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From: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist
IMHO it's a scam!
My church group accepts ANY bike. Most of our donations are department store bikes. The few "skinny tire" bikes we get are usually Schwinn, Raleigh or Fuji. Mostly we get MTBs and kids bikes. While we do process some of the road bikes, the truth is, the folks who get these bikes would rather have sturdy mountain bikes and have little use for a vintage road bike.
The same goes for a riding club that's starting up. Most folks would rather have an MTB. They're not interested in those skinny tire bikes because they perceive they'll fall over because they are not stable. Few, have any idea what a Bianchi or any other esoteric brand is.
So my opinion is the ad is a total scam.
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