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Old 03-05-07 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Shiznaz
I have officially stopped looking for a small road bike for my friend because its a freaking damn annoying waste of time. He can find his own crappy bike and overspend on it because every great deal I find he either doesn't have the cash, or doesn't want to buy it 'now'. Its been like over a year and I've wasted hours and hours looking for him on CL, ebay, bike shops, bike shows etc. He's spent thousands and thousands of dollars on pot over the past few years too so its not like he is broke. He said he wants to spend 500 dollars and get a good bike, but I can't find a good bike for 500 dollars really. I found a bunch of great ones for 650 but they are too expensive for him. If he would just smoke one less ounce I'd put him on a sweet ride but he doesn't understand value and how cheap bikes are waste of money. Oh well, he's fat and lazy and only getting fatter and lazier. Try to do someone a favour and they just **** all over you. /rant
Has anyone ever bought an old bike / fixed up one (literally or not) for a significant other? I'm starting to think of my girlfriend's birthday in July. It would be nice to get her an old road bike that she could ride around and we could go for rides with.

That said, she's a runner and the bike wouldn't get used much. So I'd like to keep it cheap. Has anyone done something like this? I wouldn't necessarily want her to buy me a bike, since I know what I like. But I think she'd enjoy having a decent bike.
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