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10-26-09 | 09:45 PM

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Doohickie

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From: Fort Worth, Texas Church of Hopeful Uncertainty

Bikes: 1966 Raleigh DL-1 Tourist, 1973 Schwinn Varsity, 1983 Raleigh Marathon, 1994 Nishiki Sport XRS

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Originally Posted by miamijim

I'd pass on:

1. 27" wheels
2. Steel wheels
3. Nutted axles
4. Hi-Tensile steel frames
5. Rust

I can see all those except for the first one. Why avoid 27" wheels? They are generally on older bikes, but other than that there's nothing wrong with them. Even steel wheels aren't an automatic pass for me; two of my four regular riders have steel wheels. One advantage is that they trip inductive loop signal sensors.

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