Originally Posted by dbg
I've been quite surprised at how durable cro-mo bikes can be. I've rescued several from years of outdoor abuse and found only surface rust that came off easily with steel wool. The chain certainly needs replacing but cogs and chainrings and rims and such are possibly just a quick polish away form being fine. I just recently restored a tandem whose fenders looked to be solid rust. I rubbed a small section just on a whim and it magically became shiny chrome again. Try a good cleaning first.
We're going to do that with my fiances bike.
as timcupery said:
You're looking at probably over $100 to replace the rear wheel, gears, and tire.
I just called Village Cycle, quoted me at $175
Looks like it's time to go shopping. the link I gave above for the 2002's she said they only have woman's frames for that. I see your in Naperville, any other shops in the city you can recommend? There's one on Broadway near Belmont I know of.