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Old 02-04-09 | 11:29 PM
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You bought it, it's a perfectly fine bike, enjoy it!

They were nice enough to put removable cable hangers on, so if/when you take your rear brake off, the lines will be relatively clean. (Leave the front brake on FFS, you never know when a chain snap / angry driver / brainfart will make you grateful for some backup stopping power.)

The only potential issues (aside from a slightly heavy frame) are that the rims/tires are 28mm, which is wider than most fixies (but lots of people are switching to that size for comfort, and you may want to buy some Deep V's anyway), and the cranks/chainring are a dead giveaway that the bike is either an SE or an ebay Dawes (which affects their functionality not one bit, and they can be replaced for $60 or so by a festively colored Pake crankset if you decide you need to upgrade.)

My buddy has the ebay Dawes that's basically the same bike and absolutely loves his.

Have fun with it!
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