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Old 02-15-06 | 03:44 PM
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mswantak
Glutton for Punishment
 
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: San Leandro, CA
Nah, I got it at Thrift Center in Hayward, and I was semi-sneaky. All their bikes are out in the back lot now in more or less of a pile. It was mainly toddler bikes and the odd Magna Mart-bike. Once I quit looking for whole bikes I started to notice things. First I spied a nice 26-inch Weinmann alloy rear wheel and a minute later I'd dug out the matching front. Then, upside-down under a couple junkers I saw the frameset, with only the front brakes and seat post missing. I took the rims to the door first and said, "I'll make one more pass around the pile." I came back with the frame a couple minutes later and said, "I think I can use a few parts off this." They said, "How about $3.99 for all three?"
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