Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 44,174
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Back when the lower east side of Manhattan was a scary place to be, I was riding my commuter bike, a decidedly ugly but functional bike. Some kid in a gang of about three or four kids yelled, "Cheap bike!" Here in NYC, lots of people are conscious of bikes and their values. I was pleased that I had fooled him into thinking it was crappy.