Originally Posted by
unworthy1
Some of you guys sure have some pretty BEATERS! hate to see what your GOOD bikes must look like.
And the OP's Windsor could be worse: it could be a plain Carrera... still gaspipe with chrome but wouldn't have the forged SunTour ends and at least you got some decent components with it. It's possibly even SLIGHTly better made than the Raleigh Grand Prix of the same era
+ 1,
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Pretty much every time someone does a thread on beater bikes, some pretty amazing bikes show up as "beaters." Given the low cost of old high end bikes though it might make sense to use a high quality bike as a beater. That's what I do with my vintage mtb (a 1988 specialized stump jumper comp).
OP gets bonus points for one of the better thread titles I've seen on BF.