Originally Posted by sydney
Well, it has the signature stem shifters, suicide brake levers,and foam bar grips. If it also has bolt on axels,and steel rims,it's certified bottom of the barrel junkue'.
Awesome, concise post. I searched high and low for a simple set of criteria to determine whether the bikes I had were junk or not. I think I finally found it. Thanks.
Too bad most of this knowledge isn't collected in one place, somewhere. Unless you've got years of background, telling the junk from the passable from the decent in "classic" gear is awfully tough.
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