Old 03-07-08 | 05:23 PM
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Bikes: EAI Bare Knuckle, 1980's Ross Signature 292s 12 speed

Originally Posted by powdered donuts
do NOT buy a bianchi pista! ugliest most boring bike ever. just find a cheap used road frame with horizontal dropouts and cobble something together with used parts or components from your LBS. buying a ready-made single speed or fixed gear bike is kind of silly.
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Originally Posted by powdered donuts
why would anyone spend 500-600 dollars on a bike with the most simple drive train engineering (other than uni)?? decent 12 speeds maybe, but for something so simple the best thing to do is build your own and learn basic bike mechanics that way. otherwise you drop 600 on a bike and still don't know **** about bikes.

i'll take a clean univega or peugeot conversion over some ******** brand new babypoop green pista any day of the week.
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