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02-12-19, 12:07 PM
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Wait for the person next to one to zonk out cold and stewards/stewardesses to retreat for the night, put on the mask/machine, and doze off.
Earplugs would help.
02-13-19, 12:49 PM
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^^^^^^ /thread. I honestly don't know what could top (bottom) this.
So how many accidental hits does the ad get based on searches for "huge rack"?.... (And I don't mean antlers....)
So how many accidental hits does the ad get based on searches for "huge rack"?.... (And I don't mean antlers....)
02-13-19, 01:08 PM
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That Schwinn could make a great commuter/errand bike for the right person. I've seen ones like that with a few extra bells and whistles around town on occasion.
Get all the lights updated to LEDs.
Mirrors sticking out to enforce one's space.
Could one find a mechanical tachometer?
Hopefully the guy would be willing to negotiate. He hasn't listed a price, but seems to be stuck on "400" a few times in the ad.
$75 on a good day?
Get all the lights updated to LEDs.
Mirrors sticking out to enforce one's space.
Could one find a mechanical tachometer?
Hopefully the guy would be willing to negotiate. He hasn't listed a price, but seems to be stuck on "400" a few times in the ad.
$75 on a good day?
02-14-19, 08:43 AM
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02-14-19, 09:05 AM
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That Schwinn could make a great commuter/errand bike for the right person. I've seen ones like that with a few extra bells and whistles around town on occasion.
Get all the lights updated to LEDs.
Mirrors sticking out to enforce one's space.
Could one find a mechanical tachometer?
Hopefully the guy would be willing to negotiate. He hasn't listed a price, but seems to be stuck on "400" a few times in the ad.
$75 on a good day?
Get all the lights updated to LEDs.
Mirrors sticking out to enforce one's space.
Could one find a mechanical tachometer?
Hopefully the guy would be willing to negotiate. He hasn't listed a price, but seems to be stuck on "400" a few times in the ad.
$75 on a good day?
$75?! Are you kidding me? This has pay to haul it away written all over it, that said dang that cool, lol. That bike is like the bike my pop gave me when I turned 13, *ucking heavy. By the time I was 15 it was rebuilt with alloy wheels and what crap parts I could find to lighten the beast. Screw that gift shift, I ended up getting a robins egg blue Falcon, and trashed the Schwinn.
02-14-19, 12:20 PM
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02-14-19, 03:58 PM
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Seller read on Bike Forums that a bike was worth more parted out than whole?
That has the Shimano 600 EX style headset.
It looks like the headset is in good shape, but one would make a mess out of it without the proper tools.
The frame was probably toast for one reason or another. Cracked aluminum? Wreck?
That has the Shimano 600 EX style headset.
It looks like the headset is in good shape, but one would make a mess out of it without the proper tools.
The frame was probably toast for one reason or another. Cracked aluminum? Wreck?
02-14-19, 05:08 PM
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Headtube has the cool "depot" logo; would make an interesting pen holder (or maybe part of a DIY hookah.....).
02-14-19, 08:26 PM
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Nonsense. Just pick the right Park HCW tool (with 32mm?) and a large Crescent wrench and use a light touch. That'll work.
02-14-19, 08:30 PM
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02-15-19, 12:29 AM
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Once it gets big enough... you get a FLYWHEEL!!!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bicycle-Cyc...l/173793237015
Oh, love the rear wheel of the guy in the "Flywheel" ad (NDS side, of course).
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bicycle-Cyc...l/173793237015
Oh, love the rear wheel of the guy in the "Flywheel" ad (NDS side, of course).
02-15-19, 08:01 AM
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The kickstand? The terrible photoshopping job that makes the wheel look flat? The erased spokes? That fact that he does not appear to be using his own product (it should be visible around the hub if it were that big, no? The complete lack of any freehub?
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That gives me an idea. Someone should invent a brake disk, with teeth on the outside, that doubles as a 50 tooth goat path bailout gear.
02-15-19, 09:01 AM
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Once it gets big enough... you get a FLYWHEEL!!!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bicycle-Cyc...l/173793237015
Oh, love the rear wheel of the guy in the "Flywheel" ad (NDS side, of course).
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bicycle-Cyc...l/173793237015
Oh, love the rear wheel of the guy in the "Flywheel" ad (NDS side, of course).
02-15-19, 01:43 PM
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Just saw came across this one. I'm thinking the price is pretty good considering the value of all those spacers...
https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/b...820048934.html
https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/b...820048934.html
02-15-19, 04:46 PM
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^^^^ Bet a nickel there's a piece of gas pipe beneath all those spacers, butted up against the actual steerer tube.
The table is more C&V than the bike......
The table is more C&V than the bike......
02-17-19, 08:18 AM
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I wonder what these 'extras' might be?
With extras
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/bop...821218642.html
KHS tri Athlete vintage bike frame - $200 (gilroy) hide this posting
image 1 of 6With extras
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/bop...821218642.html
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02-17-19, 10:56 AM
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Tri bike
new aero design?
new aero design?
02-17-19, 11:36 AM
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Removeium is the new drillium.
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This bike is 11 mos . old . You can ask LadytasA . I wouldn't piss her off though , by the size of this thing she could kick some ass .
https://offerup.com/item/detail/351656588/
https://offerup.com/item/detail/351656588/
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