Kent road bike? Opinions and so on.
05-18-10, 06:44 PM
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Kent road bike? Opinions and so on.
Posted this in Bike mechanics, ment to put it here..oh well
Saw this for 30$, might go pick it up. What do you think? I cant find much if any info on this bike. Other than they now make **** bikes to sell at toys r us.
Yay or nay??
Saw this for 30$, might go pick it up. What do you think? I cant find much if any info on this bike. Other than they now make **** bikes to sell at toys r us.
Yay or nay??
05-18-10, 11:20 PM
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I had a Kent banana-seat kid's bike in the early '70s. I won it in a raffle. I had to give my Schwinn to my younger sister. The Kent wasn't nearly as good as the Schwinn.
That's all I know about Kents. I never saw another one besides the one I had.
That's all I know about Kents. I never saw another one besides the one I had.
05-19-10, 06:21 AM
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Kents were sold at K-mart back in the 70's. I'd say they were one step above a Huffy. They were functional. $30 for a frame is pretty good. Make sure the frame is straight.
05-19-10, 08:11 AM
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Not worth building up IMHO. I wouldn't pick it up for free personally.
05-19-10, 08:18 AM
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Neither would I, but to put that in perspective, I need another bike like I need a hole in the head.
If I needed a frame, and I had all the other components, I'm sure I'd settle for a Kent frame in my size. Even so, I would not pay $30 for it.
On the bright side, the Kent is one bike you can repaint all you want without ever reducing its resale value!
If I needed a frame, and I had all the other components, I'm sure I'd settle for a Kent frame in my size. Even so, I would not pay $30 for it.
On the bright side, the Kent is one bike you can repaint all you want without ever reducing its resale value!
05-19-10, 02:49 PM
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Yeah I didnt get it, smaller than I expected to.
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Fixie conversion candidate, which would justify the $30 price.
05-19-10, 09:59 PM
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When I saw it the though did cross my mind to get some **** steel rims, wider tires, a straight bar. I want something to beat the **** out of and pull wheelies with..ha
05-20-10, 12:28 PM
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Crap - when I saw the post title I thought it was going to be a Clark-Kent which obviously would have been an entirely different matter. Nice looking frame though.
It's not common knowledge that Superman's heat vision makes a great brazing torch when applied judicially by a mild-mannered frame builder.....
It's not common knowledge that Superman's heat vision makes a great brazing torch when applied judicially by a mild-mannered frame builder.....
05-20-10, 09:29 PM
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I wish it was a clark-kent.....It was a ugly frame to, sorta a greyish mauve.
05-21-10, 08:15 AM
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Well, it looks nice in those pictures anyhow....
05-21-10, 10:10 AM
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Yeah....I asked the guy if he had anything else. He showed me larger painted yellow frame. He showed me headbadge and was like "yeah I glued a peugeot badge on there to look cool or something".
05-22-10, 08:38 PM
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Ironically that other biked the dude showed me, he just posted it up on CL
https://mankato.craigslist.org/bik/1754654581.html
Yeah a bit steep for a low end motobecane....
The wheels probably worth about 100-150, but still........
It is repainted to, crank is nothing special..
https://mankato.craigslist.org/bik/1754654581.html
Yeah a bit steep for a low end motobecane....
The wheels probably worth about 100-150, but still........
It is repainted to, crank is nothing special..
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Hey man I like peugeots, I have 2 and I think they are cool. Sooo yep....
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That is a beautiful hand lugged Hi-ten steel frame made in Japan in the early 1980's... perfect for a fixed gear or build it up as road bike. It is not a mountain frame because there are no Cantilever bosses on the fork or rear stays. Back then, so many mountain bikes had road bike geometry (Parallel top tube instead of sloping). This could even be the long lost twin of those specialized stump jumpers but with no cantilever brase on's it has to be a old ten speed frame from back in the day. Lugged frames are best. They sure don't lug them like they used too,... too bad.
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Did you email him?
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