Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Sorry for the disrespect. You're right. For what they are, the Varsitys and similar models, they are really excellent. Extremely well built.
There's a woman down the street offering me a ladies Collegiate Sport for $40. It needs work, which I can handle. I think I know someone to sell it to. But it has 26 x 1-3/8 tires, which I believe are NOT standard 26" tires, and it needs tires desperately. If I can find them, I'll buy the bike. If not, no thanks.