Originally Posted by
hueyhoolihan
that bike's too good to be labeled a "beater". if you scratched off the reynolds sticker, replaced the brooks with a torn avocet, and ripped off the nice red labels on the araya a-20's, THEN maybe... otherwise, i'd steal it.
Thats what I thought.
On the other hand if you ride your beater, say monday to friday and then only take your nice bike out at the weekend, your riding the beater bike more often so it should be a good bike.